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What is the role of quality circles in strategies to optimise antibiotic prescribing? A pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial in primary care.

van Driel ML, Coenen S, Dirven K, Lobbestael J, Janssens I, Van Royen P, Haaijer-Ruskamp FM, De Meyere M, De Maeseneer J, Christiaens T.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2007 Jun;16(3):197-202.PMID: 17545346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A randomised controlled trial of clinical outreach education to rationalise antibiotic prescribing for acute dental pain in the primary care setting.

Seager JM, Howell-Jones RS, Dunstan FD, Lewis MA, Richmond S, Thomas DW.

Br Dent J. 2006 Aug 26;201(4):217-22; discussion 216.PMID: 16902573 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improving the referral process for familial breast cancer genetic counselling: findings of three randomised controlled trials of two interventions.

Wilson BJ, Torrance N, Mollison J, Wordsworth S, Gray JR, Haites NE, Grant A, Campbell MK, Miedyzbrodzka Z, Clarke A, Watson MS, Douglas A.

Health Technol Assess. 2005 Feb;9(3):iii-iv, 1-126. Review.PMID: 15694064 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Strategies for the introduction and implementation of a guideline for the treatment of type 2 diabetics by general practitioners (GPs) of the Lazio region of Italy (IMPLEMEG study): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN80116232].

Perria C; IMPLEMEG Study Group.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2004 Jun 14;4(1):13.PMID: 15196307 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Optimizing antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in general practice: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Coenen S, Van Royen P, Michiels B, Denekens J.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004 Sep;54(3):661-72. Epub 2004 Jul 28.PMID: 15282232 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does a joint development and dissemination of multidisciplinary guidelines improve prescribing behaviour: a pre/post study with concurrent control group and a randomised trial.

Martens JD, Winkens RA, van der Weijden T, de Bruyn D, Severens JL.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2006 Nov 2;6:145.PMID: 17081285 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rational prescribing in primary care (RaPP): a cluster randomized trial of a tailored intervention.

Fretheim A, Oxman AD, Håvelsrud K, Treweek S, Kristoffersen DT, Bjørndal A.

PLoS Med. 2006 Jun;3(6):e134.PMID: 16737346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Can small group education and peer review improve care for patients with asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Smeele IJ, Grol RP, van Schayck CP, van den Bosch WJ, van den Hoogen HJ, Muris JW.

Qual Health Care. 1999 Jun;8(2):92-8.PMID: 10557684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of using an interactive booklet about childhood respiratory tract infections in primary care consultations on reconsulting and antibiotic prescribing: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Francis NA, Butler CC, Hood K, Simpson S, Wood F, Nuttall J.

BMJ. 2009 Jul 29;339:b2885. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2885.PMID: 19640941 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cluster randomised controlled trial to compare three methods of promoting secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care.

Moher M, Yudkin P, Wright L, Turner R, Fuller A, Schofield T, Mant D.

BMJ. 2001 Jun 2;322(7298):1338.PMID: 11387182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Factors affecting feasibility and acceptability of a practice-based educational intervention to support evidence-based prescribing: a qualitative study.

Watkins C, Timm A, Gooberman-Hill R, Harvey I, Haines A, Donovan J.

Fam Pract. 2004 Dec;21(6):661-9. Epub 2004 Nov 4.PMID: 15528289 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic use versus a standard approach for acute respiratory tract infections in primary care: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial and baseline characteristics of participating general practitioners [ISRCTN73182671].

Briel M, Christ-Crain M, Young J, Schuetz P, Huber P, Périat P, Bucher HC, Müller B.

BMC Fam Pract. 2005 Aug 18;6:34.PMID: 16107222 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Intervention with educational outreach at large scale to reduce antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: a controlled before and after study.

Smeets HM, Kuyvenhoven MM, Akkerman AE, Welschen I, Schouten GP, van Essen GA, Verheij TJ.

Fam Pract. 2009 Jun;26(3):183-7. Epub 2009 Mar 3.PMID: 19258441 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of intervention promoting a reduction in antibiotic prescribing by improvement of diagnostic procedures: a prospective, before and after study in general practice.

Bjerrum L, Cots JM, Llor C, Molist N, Munck A.

Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2006 Nov;62(11):913-8. Epub 2006 Sep 12.PMID: 16967300 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Implementing a guideline for the treatment of type 2 diabetics: results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial (C-RCT).

Perria C, Mandolini D, Guerrera C, Jefferson T, Billi P, Calzini V, Fiorillo A, Grasso G, Leotta S, Marrocco W, Suraci C, Pasquarella A.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Jun 4;7:79.PMID: 17547760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of minimal access surgery amongst people with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - a UK collaborative study. The REFLUX trial.

Grant A, Wileman S, Ramsay C, Bojke L, Epstein D, Sculpher M, Macran S, Kilonzo M, Vale L, Francis J, Mowat A, Krukowski Z, Heading R, Thursz M, Russell I, Campbell M; REFLUX Trial Group.

Health Technol Assess. 2008 Sep;12(31):1-181, iii-iv.PMID: 18796263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Can antibiotic prescriptions in respiratory tract infections be improved? A cluster-randomized educational intervention in general practice--the Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) Study [NCT00272155].

Gjelstad S, Fetveit A, Straand J, Dalen I, Rognstad S, Lindbaek M.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2006 Jun 15;6:75.PMID: 16776824 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effectiveness of multifaceted implementation of guidelines in primary care.

Wright J, Warren E, Reeves J, Bibby J, Harrison S, Dowswell G, Russell I, Russell D.

J Health Serv Res Policy. 2003 Jul;8(3):142-8.PMID: 12869339 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An intervention modelling experiment to change GPs' intentions to implement evidence-based practice: using theory-based interventions to promote GP management of upper respiratory tract infection without prescribing antibiotics #2.

Hrisos S, Eccles M, Johnston M, Francis J, Kaner EF, Steen N, Grimshaw J.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2008 Jan 14;8:10.PMID: 18194526 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Development of indicators for assessing the quality of prescribing of lipid-lowering drugs: data from the pharmacotherapeutic quality circles in Hesse, Germany.

Schubert, Köster, Ihle P, von Ferber L.

Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2001 Nov;39(11):492-8.PMID: 11727970 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles