Physician Responses to an Educational Intervention on Improving Their Long-Term Prescribing of Sedatives.
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| Title: | Physician Responses to an Educational Intervention on Improving Their Long-Term Prescribing of Sedatives. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Sleath, Betsy, Collins, T |
| Source: | Patient Education and Counseling. Jul 1997 31(3):215-222. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 1997 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Drug Therapy, Drug Use, Intervention, Medical Care Evaluation, Patients, Physicians, Professional Training, Sedatives |
| ISSN: | 0738-3991 |
| Abstract: | A Medicaid retrospective therapeutic intervention was designed to notify physicians about their patients' long-term use of sedatives and suggest to them that they reevaluate the patient's need for sedative hypnotic medication. Physicians' responses and follow-up actions are reported. Practice implications and the need for physician education are discussed. (Author/EMK) |
| Journal Code: | CIJAUG1999 |
| Entry Date: | 1999 |
| Accession Number: | EJ576846 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | A Medicaid retrospective therapeutic intervention was designed to notify physicians about their patients' long-term use of sedatives and suggest to them that they reevaluate the patient's need for sedative hypnotic medication. Physicians' responses and follow-up actions are reported. Practice implications and the need for physician education are discussed. (Author/EMK) |
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| ISSN: | 0738-3991 |
