Prescribing Data in General Practice Demonstration (PDGPD) project - a cluster randomised controlled trial of a quality improvement intervention to achieve better prescribing for chronic heart failure and hypertension

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Prescribing Data in General Practice Demonstration (PDGPD) project - a cluster randomised controlled trial of a quality improvement intervention to achieve better prescribing for chronic heart failure and hypertension

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Abstract Background Research literature consistently documents that scientifically based therapeutic recommendations are not always followed in the hospital or in the primary care setting. Currently, there is evidence that some general practitioners in Australia are not prescribing appropriately for patients diagnosed with 1) hypertension (HT) and 2) chronic heart failure (CHF). The objectives of this study were to improve general practitioner’s drug treatment management of these patients thr...

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2012-08-01

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Williamson Margaret / Cardona-Morrell Magnolia / Elliott Jeffrey D / Reeve James F / Stocks Nigel P / Emery Jon / Mackson Judith M / Gunn Jane M

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BMC Health Services Research

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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/273

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Public aspects of medicine

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