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Quality circles on rational prescribing (project SA4)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN88343067
Enrollment
120
Registered
2007-03-28
Start date
2001-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

N/A Not Applicable N/A

Interventions

Nine meetings of approximately two hours, each in a quality circle (eight to 12 members), individual feedback of own prescribing data compared to all practices in the project and compared to all pract

Sponsors

AOK Saxony-Anhalt (Germany)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Convenience sample of General Practitioners (GPs) 2. Patients who were insured by the AOK Saxony Anhalt sick fund and treated by the participating GPs

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who were not insured by the AOK Saxony Anhalt sick fund

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Mean prescription costs in Euros

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Percentage of patients who received a prescription 2. Percentage of generic drugs prescription of all prescriptions 3. Percentage recommended lipid lowering drugs of all lipid lowering drugs prescriptions 4. Percentage of recommended antibiotics of all antibiotic prescriptions 5. Percentage of recommended antidiabetics of all antidiabetic prescriptions

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026