Prescribing style and variation in antibiotic prescriptions for sore throat: cross-sectional study across six countries
Conclusion:
Prescribing style is an important source of variation in prescription of antibiotics within and across countries, even after adjusting for patient and GP characteristics. Interventions aimed at influencing the prescribing style of GPs must encompass context-specific actions at the policy-making level alongside GP-targeted interventions to enable GPs to react more objectively to the external demands that are in place when making the decision of prescribing antibiotics or not.
Source: BMC Family Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Gloria CordobaVolkert SiersmaBeatriz Lopez-ValcarcelLars BjerrumCarl LlorRune AabenhusMarjukka Makela Source Type: research