Additionally, specialists were less likely than GPs to report prescribing or ordering tests because they felt the need to be seen to be doing something for the patient (15.2% vs 21.8%; OR 0.64, 99% CI 0.43, 0.97).
Study 2 also showed that the more GPs believed that NRT and bupropion were ineffective, the less likely they were to report prescribing them.
One study [ 11] demonstrated that physicians who believe that chronic pain always has a physical cause were more likely to report prescribing opioids for chronic pain.
Studies appear more than once if they address decision support across more than one prescribing domain (e.g. initiating and monitoring therapy) or report prescribing outcomes across more than one clinical area.
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Diabetes was defined by either self-report, prescribed oral hypoglycemic medications or insulin, fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL or non-fasting glucose ≥200 mg/dL.
Five studies reported prescribed oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHAs) and insulin [ 15, 16, 22, 25, 28].
However, 44% of prescribers reported prescribing biologic DMARDs.
The most common placebos the American doctors reported using were headache pills and vitamins, but a significant number also reported prescribing antibiotics and sedatives.
Many doctors, a new study reports, prescribe medicine without explaining its purpose, discussing its side effects, offering instructions about its use or even mentioning its name.
RESULTS: Physicians reported prescribing topical antibiotic preparations and assessing for auricular or periauricular pain in 98% of acute otitis externa cases (N = 55).
