PJ Greco, JM Eisenberg - The new England journal of medicine, 1993 - nejm.highwire.org Changes in practice are sometimes rapid and dramatic. For example, laparoscopic cholecystectomy
has virtually replaced the traditional procedure in the past several years 1 . At other times physicians
are reluctant to change their practices even when randomized trials demonstrate the ... Cited by 836 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] GM Anderson, J Lexchin - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association …, 1996 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov If used properly, prescription drugs can be among the most effective and cost-effective forms
of treatment; used inappropriately, they not only waste limited health care resources but also
may do more harm than good. Drug therapy is perhaps the most active area of change in ... Cited by 64 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
JE Hux, CM Levinton, CD Naylor - Journal of general internal medicine, 1994 - Springer Objective: To determine whether physician willingness to prescribe drugs for primary prevention
of cardiovascular disease is influenced by information about the resultant life-expectancy gains
(presented in one of two formats) and about drug costs. Materials and methods: Mailed ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
JN Aucott, E Pelecanos, R Dombrowski, SM … - Journal of General …, 1996 - Springer John N. Aucott, MD, Eleni Pelecanos, MD, Robert Dombrowski, PharmD, Susan M. Fuehrer,
MBA, John Laich, BS, David C. Aron, MD, MS ... OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of an intensive
interven- tion to implement guidelines for cost-effective management of hypertension on ... Cited by 33 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
K Rokstad, J Straand, P Fugelli - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 1997 - Elsevier We have examined the prescribing patterns among general practitioners (GPs) in a Norwegian
county in relation to the patients' age and sex and the diagnosis for prescribing. Altogether 69,843
contacts with patients were recorded during which 56,758 items were prescribed. The ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
K Rokstad, J Straand, P Fugelli - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 1995 - Elsevier We have carried out a prospective, controlled trial to ascertain whether mailed feedback on general
practioners' (GPs) own prescribing combined with relevant recommendations on drug
treatment, can improve the prescribing. The GPs in the Norwegian county of Møre and ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
D Güldal, S Ôemin - International Journal of Health Services, 2000 - Baywood This study investigates the influences of drug companies' advertising programs on
physicians. Of the 446 physicians interviewed, 53.9 percent were visited by pharmaceutical company
representatives at least once a day, and 43.5 percent spent 15 minutes or more per day ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
KT Safavi, RA Hayward - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1992 - Springer THE PRESCRIBING of medications is basic to the practice of medicine. It is estimated that
two-thirds of patient visits to physicians in the United States end with the writing of one or more
prescriptions. 1 In many in- stances these drugs are instrumental in improving pa- tients' ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - All 3 versions
GC Alexander, RM Werner, PA Ubel - Archives of Internal …, 2004 - archinte.highwire.org Scarcity is increasingly common in health care, yet many physicians may be reluctant to acknowledge
the ways that limited health care resources influence their decisions. Reasons for this denial
include that physicians are unaccustomed to thinking in terms of scarcity, uncomfortable ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
CS De Vries, NM Van Diepen, TFJ Tromp, LTWJ … - European journal of …, 1996 - Springer Abstract Objective: To determine to what extent gen- eral practitioners' (GPs) prescribing behaviour
is a result of repeat prescribing of medication which has been initiated by specialists.
Method: During a 4-week period, pharmacists identified GPs' prescriptions for a large ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
