Trial reportThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners1996
Sharing resources to create a district drug formulary: a countywide controlled trial.
Trial report in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Do prescribing formularies help GPs prescribe from a narrower range of drugs? A controlled trial of the introduction of prescribing formularies for NSAIDs.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 1997Trial
- A social prescriptions formulary: bringing social prescribing on par with pharmaceutical prescribing.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2019Review
- Canadian list of essential medications: Potential and uncertainties.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2017Article
- Determinants of the range of drugs prescribed in general practice: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC health services research · 2007Article
- The impact of a general practice group intervention on prescribing costs and patterns.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2002Article
- Do GPs working in practice with high or low prescribing costs have different views on prescribing cost issues?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2000Article
- Prescribing at the interface between primary and secondary care in the UK. Towards joint formularies?PharmacoEconomics · 1999Article
- Poles apart? The views of general practitioners and family health services authority advisers on prescribing cost issues.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 1997Article
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Abstract
backgroundCreating a drug formulary takes considerable time, but merely adopting one lacks local perspective and ownership. Sharing resources between several practices treads a middle path between these extremes, but is it effective?
aimThe aim of the study was to audit the influence of a district primary care drug formulary on prescribing by general practitioners.
methodA controlled trial was carried out to compare prescribing by 50 general practitioners from 11 urban and semirural practices in south Bedfordshire that participated in creating a district drug formulary with prescribing by all other general practitioners in the county.
resultsThe proportion of prescription items that were for drugs listed in the formulary rose significantly in three therapeutics groups: cardiovascular (by 7-12% above control practice values); musculoskeletal (by 1-11% above control practice values); and obstetrics and gynaecology (by 6-9% above control practice values). The number of items prescribed per prescribing unit fell significantly in three therapeutic groups: musculoskeletal (by 1-7% below control practice values); nervous (by 7-12% below control practice values); and nutrition and blood (by 15-21% below control practice values). The estimated saving resulting from the creation of the formulary was 150,000 pounds (3000 pounds per doctor) per year.
conclusionsSharing resources between practices to create a district-wide primary care drug formulary can lead to changes in prescribing and reduce costs sustained over 3 years.
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