Background We aimed to examine the cost-related prescribing performance of primary care
physicians who had a higher versus lower tendency of arbitrary prescribing. Methods In this …

OBJECTIVE: To determine if a clinically structured, paper‐based prescription form can
modify pharmaceutical prescribing behavior without restricting physician freedom to select …

Objective All health care systems in the world struggle with rising costs for drugs. We sought
to explore factors impacting on prescribing costs in a nationwide database of ambulatory …

Background Although many chronically ill patients underuse prescription medications
because of cost concerns, we know little about their discussions with clinicians about this …

Objective To identify the explanatory variables of avoidable cost produced by not prescribing
a cheaper equivalent drug. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1,500 primary …

Objective: To document the influence of hospital prescribers on prescribing in general
practice. Design and Participants: Five percent of members of the Irish College of General …

BACKGROUND: The pharmaceutical bill is increasing at an alarming rate. The physician
practice variation has a pronounced effect on healthcare spending. A number of factors can …

Purpose of the study To investigate the variation in the net ingredient cost (NIC) of the
medications most commonly prescribed by Foundation Year 1 (F1) doctors in a teaching …

Background: Repeat dispensing by community pharmacists has now been rolled out
nationally within England in order to improve patient convenience and reduce doctors' …

Background: Irrational prescribing of drugs is a major health problem in medical practice
resulting in; ineffective t Page 1 Journal of American Science, 2011; 7(11) http://www.americanscience.org …