caa a22 4500 477057780 CHVBK 20180405111351.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s002280050121 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s002280050121 Auditing GPs' prescribing habits: cardiovascular prescribing frequently continues medication initiated by specialists [Elektronische Daten] [C. S. de Vries, N. M. van Diepen, T. F. J. Tromp, L. T. W. Jong-van den Berg] Objective: To determine to what extent general practitioners' (GPs) prescribing behaviour is a result of repeat prescribing of medication which has been initiated by specialists. Method: During a 4-week period, pharmacists identified GPs' prescriptions for a large group of cardiovascular drugs. Next, questionnaires were sent to the prescribing GPs to find out whether the prescriptions were in fact repeat prescriptions. If they were, the GPs were asked whether or not they had originally been prescribed by a specialist. Setting: Six pharmacies in the northeastern part of the Netherlands. Subjects: Fourty-four GPs, 39 of whom responded. Results: Of 1648 questionnaires, 1342 (81%) were returned. Of drugs for cardiovascular therapy that the GPs prescribed, 66% had originally been prescribed by specialists. Conclusions: For many cardiovascular drugs, GPs' prescriptions predominantly originated from specialists' prescribing. For more reliable attribution of prescription data or prescribing behaviour to either specialists or to GPs, similar studies should be made for other drug groups. Since the extent of repeat prescribing is high, qualitative studies should be made of the appropriateness of chronic medication, initiated by specialists and continued in repeat prescribing by GPs. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1996 Key words Drug utilization nationallicence Prescribing behaviour nationallicence repeat prescribing nationallicence general practitioners nationallicence de Vries C. S. Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Section of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, State University Groningen A., Deusinglaan 2, NL-9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands aut van Diepen N. M. Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Section of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, State University Groningen A., Deusinglaan 2, NL-9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands aut Tromp T. F. J. Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Section of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, State University Groningen A., Deusinglaan 2, NL-9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands aut den Berg L. T. W. Jong-van Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Section of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, State University Groningen A., Deusinglaan 2, NL-9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s002280050121 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s002280050121 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Vries C. S. Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Section of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, State University Groningen A., Deusinglaan 2, NL-9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Diepen N. M. Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Section of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, State University Groningen A., Deusinglaan 2, NL-9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tromp T. F. J. Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Section of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, State University Groningen A., Deusinglaan 2, NL-9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- den Berg L. T. W. Jong-van Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Section of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, State University Groningen A., Deusinglaan 2, NL-9713 AW Groningen, The Netherlands aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer