Objective: To investigate the variation in prescribing among general practices by examining
the contribution to this variation of fundholding, training status, partnership status, and the …

Objectives: To observe one general practice's attempt to reduce prescribing costs on
becoming third wave fundholders through the introduction of a generic formulary applied to …

Background In an attempt to curb the rapidly rising costs of primary care prescribing in
Ireland, the government introduced a financial incentive scheme in 1993, to encourage …

The existence of significant disparities between the prescribing costs of dispensing and non‐
dispensing general practices has long been suspected, and received confirmation in a study …

BACKGROUND: The cornerstone of the National Health Service (NHS) reforms was the
establishment of an internal market, which separated purchasing and providing roles. As …

Aims To describe differences between general practice prescribed and dispensed
medications in terms of patient characteristics and category of drug. Methods Computerised …

OBJECTIVE--To examine differences in prescribing between dispensing and non-
dispensing practices. SETTING--The 108 practices covered by Lincolnshire Family Health …

Objective: To examine the prescribing incentive schemes used by primary care groups
(PCGs); to determine the prescribing indicators used under these schemes; and to assess …

OBJECTIVE--To compare outpatient referral patterns in fundholding and non-fundholding
practices before and after the implementation of the NHS reforms in April 1991. DESIGN …

A new development in the British National Health Service is fundholding, whereby certain
general practitioners are given budgets from which they purchase services for patients. Our …