OBJECTIVE--To derive a predictive model for national prescribing behaviour in terms of
basic morbidity and demographic factors. DESIGN--24 demographic, morbidity, and practice …

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

The further increases in National Health Service (NHS) patient charges introduced on 1 April
1985 represent a continuation of the Government's policy of requiring all except priority …

The costs of drugs prescribed in primary care in the UK continue to rise despite a variety of
government initiatives. Two of the major initiatives are considered here in detail: the …

The cost of drugs in the UK has increased at a rate of 4% above inflation over the last ten
years. Prescribing in general practice accounts for 80% of the total drugs bill. Within general …

Concern about the size of the NHS drugs bill in the UK has resulted in three main policy
initiatives by government: regular increases in prescription charges, the introduction of …

In April 1991, a radical programme of public health care reform was introduced by the
Conservative Government. The avowed intention of the programme was to improve the …

This paper discusses drawing up a restricted list of 245 drugs for use in an inner London
group practice, based on a review of prescribing patterns in November 1982. The likely …

Objectives:(i) to describe the variation in a number of potential prescribing indicators across
a large number of general practices,(ii) to determine whether particular indicators are …

Prescription costs are large and rising yet previous studies attempting to explain the
variation in them have not been very successful. We analysed the prescribing costs for all …