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Buccaling under the pressure: influence of secondary care establishments on the prescribing of glyceryl trinitrate buccal tablets in primary care.
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- The influence of drug use in university hospitals on the pharmaceutical consumption in their surrounding communities.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2013Article
- Is new drug prescribing in primary care specialist induced?BMC health services research · 2009Article
- Impact of high dose statin trials on hospital prescribers.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2007Article
- The influence of hospital-based prescribers on prescribing in general practice.PharmacoEconomics · 1999Article
- Prescribing at the interface between primary and secondary care in the UK. Towards joint formularies?PharmacoEconomics · 1999Article
- Why are patients prescribed proton pump inhibitors? Retrospective analysis of link between morbidity and prescribing in the General Practice Research Database.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1998Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine which characteristics were the best predictors of high rates of prescribing of glyceryl trinitrate buccal tablets.
designPractice and patient characteristics from 197 practices were examined, and a multiple regression analysis was performed to examine which variables were important in predicting this prescribing.
settingFormer family health services authority (197 practices).
main outcome measureVolume of prescribing of glyceryl trinitrate buccal tablets.
resultsFour variables contributed significantly to a multiple regression model: the catchment area of the secondary care establishment; the number of partners in a practice; the level of practice deprivation; and whether the practice served an urban or a rural area. The model suggests that the most important variable was the catchment area of the secondary care establishment in which the practice was located.
conclusionAlthough only the prescribing of short acting glyceryl trinitrate buccal tablets was studied, an impact of this size on primary care prescribing may have extensive implications for all drug expenditure in primary care.
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