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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Prescription Rates, Polypharmacy and Prescriber Variability in Swiss General Practice-A Cross-Sectional Database Study.

Yael Rachamin, Levy Jäger, Rahel Meier, Thomas Grischott, Oliver Senn, Jakob M Burgstaller, Stefan Markun

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yael RachaminInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Levy JägerInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Rahel MeierInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Thomas GrischottInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Oliver SennInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jakob M BurgstallerInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Stefan MarkunInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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clinical practice variationdemographic agingdrug prescriptionspolypharmacyprimary caresex differencesSwitzerland

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PMID35237170
PMCPMC8884695
OpenAlexW4213096388

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