[Comparison of regional formularies for general practitioners].
OBJECTIVE
To inventory the similarities and differences of the contents of regional general practice formularies.


METHODS
Descriptive.


METHODS
Department of General Practice Medicine, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.


METHODS
Through personal contacts and an appeal in the journal Medisch Contact, 14 formularies were acquired. Of these, seven recent, still valid Dutch general practice formularies were compared as to pharmacotherapy and health problems listed.


RESULTS
Volume and contents of these seven formularies showed major, inexplicable differences with regard to pharmacotherapy, while the choice of the health problems listed was not argued anywhere, and not based on prevalence figures.


CONCLUSIONS
The regional general practice formularies examined showed little similarity in the drugs and health problems listed.
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Rijksuniversiteit, vakgroep Huisartsgeneeskunde, Groningen.
Meyboom-de Jong
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D005194:Family Practice; D005569:Formularies as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D009426:Netherlands