Objectives: To compare prescribing in general practices before and after they become
fundholders to assess whether this affected prescribing patterns. Design: Analysis of …

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 determine whether the first five waves of English fundholding practices have
reduced their prescribing costs relative to non-fundholding practices, and the duration of any …

Objective: To compare prescribing patterns in general practices before and after the
introduction of fundholding in April 1993 to determine whether fundholding changed …

Objectives: To observe changes in prescribing practice that occurred after the introduction of
fundholding in first wave practices and to contrast these with changes occurring in similar …

Background Medicines prescribed by general practitioners constitute a major item of
National Health Service expenditure and evidence suggests that prescribing patterns vary …

Objective: To examine the effects of a financial incentive scheme on prescribing in non-
fundholding general practices. Design: Observational study. Setting: Non-fundholding …

OBJECTIVE--To compare general practitioners' prescribing costs in fundholding and non-
fundholding practices before and after implementation of the NHS reforms in April 1991 …

Background An earlier paper published in this journal suggested that fundholding practices
in Lincolnshire had managed to constrain the growth in their prescribing costs more …

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 …