[Effect of feedback and self-evaluation on the prescription of addictive drugs].
Prescribing of anti-anxiety benzodiazepines was registered in five one month periods in 1989 and 1990 in Moss, a medium-sized Norwegian town. The general practitioners received feed-back on their own prescribing habits and were offered an opportunity to meet colleagues in a self-evaluation group. The results indicate that GPs are influenced by such feed-back, since a reduction in the amount of defined daily doses prescribed was registered. The reduction was mainly a consequence of a change to prescribing a smaller number of pills on each occasion. The authors anticipated a potential reduction in prescribing to elderly persons, but in fact found a substantial reduction in the prescribing of anti-anxiety drugs to young men (with a potential problem of misuse).
Avdeling for Samfunnsmedisin, Statens Institutt for Folkehelse, Oslo.
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D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000639:trends; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology; D012647:Self-Assessment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines
Effekt av tilbakemelding og selvevaluering på forskrivning av beroligende midler.