Fifteen of 22 (68 %) START criteria were applicable, while 21 of 65 (34 %) ACOVE indicators relating to prescribing indicated that medicines could be applied.
Cardiovascular disease was associated with decreased prescribing, indicating that GPs adjust the treatment in cases with multimorbidity.
Figures for statin prescribing indicate falls in overall (27%), between LHCC (15%) and within LHCC (32%) variation.
These low-rated items encompass a range of skills – clinical procedures, communication skills and prescribing – indicating it is not a particular class of skills or knowledge that is felt to be lacking, but specifics within all areas.> -wrap-foot> *NB.
The fact that most patients managed to obtain the medicines they were prescribed indicates, in any case, an improvement in the availability of medicines.
The range of medicines that had been prescribed indicated a range of clinical conditions.
This is illustrated in the present study by the high ICC for antibiotic prescribing, which indicates the homogeneity within each cluster.
The radiologist does not always know what the patient has already been told about his/her disease, hence the importance of networking, a shared medical file and especially the 'information given' heading, in which the prescribing doctor indicates what he/she has told the patient.
The high number of prescribed medications indicates that medical doctors working for DAPPs may have financial incentives to prescribe certain products.
Prescribing data indicate that fluticasone and formoterol are already co-prescribed and used concurrently in patients with asthma.
(2) For antibiotics, there is a striking discrepancy between reported parental request rates and reported prescribing rates, indicating that antibiotics might be around three times more likely to be prescribed for children with AOM than expected by the parents.
