… -Dispensing practices could reduce their prescribing expenditure to that of nondispensing
practices by increasing their prescribing of … The shorter prescribing intervals for dispensing …

… 94, in the light of the prescribing criteria developed by the Audit … dispensing practices had
higher prescribing costs per patient for all the years analysed. In 1993-94, dispensing practices …

… held view that prescribing costs per patient for dispensing practices are … dispensing
practices. The main differences between the two groups of practices are that dispensing practices …

… costs than were non-responders. Multivariable analysis showed that GPs with high prescribing
costs were significantly more likely to work in dispensing practices, in practices with low …

… We aimed to determine whether dispensing practices are more likely to prescribe high-cost
options for four commonly prescribed classes of drug where there is no evidence of …

… of ingredients increased more steeply among the non-dispensing practices. The greatest …
Hospitals are tending to shift the costs of prescribing on to general practices, but we found no …

… Therefore the separation of prescribing and dispensing practice is not clearly supported,
particularly in areas where workforce needs are unmet… Prescribing costs in dispensing practices …

… about the prescribing of dispensing practices, partly based on … prescribes and dispenses.
Morton-Jones and Pringle (p 1244) analysed the prescribing behaviourofdispensing practices (…

… prescribing costs only among dispensing practices. General practitioners working in dispensing
practices are likely to be better informed than those in non-dispensing practices, and this …

… practices have reduced their prescribing costs relative to non-fundholding practices, and the
… -fundholders than in either dispensing or non-dispensing fundholding practices (18.7%, 10.2…