title: [Comparison of regional formularies for general practitioners].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Rijksuniversiteit, vakgroep Huisartsgeneeskunde, Groningen.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Kamps
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meyboom-de Jong
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D005569:Formularies as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D009426:Netherlands