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Improving drug prescribing in a primary care practice

Authors

Gehlbach SH, Wilkinson WE, Hammond WE, Clapp NE, Finn AL, Taylor WJ, Rodell MS

Journal

Med Care

Publication Date

1984 Mar

Volume

Issue

Pages

193-201

HIT Description: Locally developed system called TMR. All prescriptions were entered into the system. More info...
Purpose of Study: Increase use of generic drugs
Years of study: 1979-1981
Study Design: RCT
Outcomes: Generic prescribing

Summary:

Settings: This study was conducted in an academically-affiliated fee-for-service family practice that serves an active patient population of about 12,000, seeing 100 patients a day.
Intervention: Physicians were randomized to receive either a computer-generated notification for 28 common drugs that had generic preparations available and which could result in cost savings to patients or usual care.
Clinical Outcomes: Generic prescribing outcomes: The authors report that the rate of use of generic drugs increased in the experimental group from 21% to 58%, while in the control group generic rate use increased from only 18% to 23%.

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