Going beyond audit and feedback: towards behaviour-based interventions to change physician laboratory test ordering behaviour

Parasitic manipulation: going beyond behaviour.

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Effect of feedback on test ordering behaviour of general practitioners.

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of feedback on the test ordering behaviour of general practitioners. DESIGN Comparison of requests at two diagnostic centres, and internal comparison between tests which were discussed in feedback and tests which were not. SETTING A diagnostic centre in Maastricht giving feedback and another elsewhere in the Netherlands (laboratory A) not giving feedback. SU...

Interventions that change clinician behaviour:

Interventions to Educate Family Physicians to Change Test Ordering

The purpose is to systematically review randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to change family physicians' laboratory test-ordering. We searched 15 electronic databases (no language/date limitations). We identified 29 RCTs (4,111 physicians, 175,563 patients). Six studies specifically focused on reducing unnecessary tests, 23 on increasing screening tests. Using Cochrane methodology 48.5% of stud...

Physician Behaviour towards Marketing of Pharmaceutical Products

Understanding physician behaviour is always critical for marketers of pharmaceutical companies.. These days different brands are in the field, increasing the size of the market. In this competition medical practitioner and physician are the key customers for this industry. Thus they are the prime focus for the marketing strategy. Product, price and promotion are the key ingredients where the ma...