We investigate how the prescribing behavior of physicians reacts to scientific information and recommendations released by public authorities. Taking example antidepressant drugs, we use French panel data on exhaustive prescriptions made a representative sample general practitioners more than 110,000 depressed patients between 2000 2008. New results revealing an increase in suicidal thinking am...

Resistance to adoption has been identified as one of the major barriers to successful implementation of technological systems in hospitals. Acceptance of an electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) system is expected to occur if prescribers perceive a need for e-prescribing systems to reduce prescribing errors. We set out to examine doctors' perceptions of their prescribing competency and to iden...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate drug use in 2 Dutch nursing homes (254 residents) by developing and evaluating prescribing indicators based on pharmacy prescription data. METHODS We evaluated the prescribing of benzodiazepines, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), ulcer-healing drugs, and diuretics. Prescribing indicators were used to identify prescribing that was potentially not in line with ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of attending a medical school with an active policy on restricting gifts from representatives of pharmaceutical and device industries on subsequent prescribing behavior. DESIGN Difference-in-differences approach. SETTING 14 US medical schools with an active gift restriction policy in place by 2004. PARTICIPANTS Prescribing patterns in 2008 and 2009 of physi...

the aim of the present study was to provide a clear picture of the prescribing pattern of corticosteroids in zanjan, iran. a retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the pattern of corticosteroids prescription at beheshti pharmacy (zanjan, iran) over a period of six months between march 21 and september 22 of 2013. descriptive analyses were stratified by gender, age, typ...

one of the most common and important therapeutic tools used by physicians is prescription. the use of digital systems in the health field has many benefits and significant impacts on the health system. one of these systems is digital prescription. in this article, first, we will review the existing infrastructure and work done in this area, and then with a new perspective on health issues, we w...

There is growing evidence for the use of social prescribing as a means facilitating healthy lifestyle behavior changes by linking patients to sources support in community. However, there are gaps understanding about what works facilitate and enable this change i.e. , mechanisms actions underpinning delivery. This study used qualitative approach involving interviews with 18 Social Prescription L...