Open AccessIs untargeted outreach visiting in primary care effective? A pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Lesley A. Hall,
Martin Eccles,
Roger Barton,
Nick Steen,
Mark Campbell
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/23.2.109
Subject(s) - medicine , outreach , randomized controlled trial , audit , confidence interval , family medicine , metronidazole , intervention (counseling) , emergency medicine , nursing , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , management , political science , law , economics , biology
There is increasing evidence that clinical guidelines can lead to improvements in clinical care. However, they are not self-implementing. Outreach visits may improve prescribing behaviour.