Open AccessGeneral practitioners' awareness of their own drug prescribing profiles after postal feedback and outreach visits
Author(s) -
Keld Vægter,
Rolf Wahlström,
Kurt Svärdsudd
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.3109/03009734.2012.713038
Subject(s) - outreach , medicine , family medicine , general practice , law , political science
General practice accounts for the vast majority of drug prescribing in the Nordic countries. Various methods have been used to promote rational drug prescribing. Awareness of own prescribing profile may be a first crucial step in the quality assessment and improvement process.