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Routine Prescription Feedback and Peer Comparison to Lower Antibiotic Prescriptions in Primary Care

NCT01773824 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2900

Last updated 2016-05-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To evaluate the effect of a continuous postal and web-based feedback and peer comparison system of individual antibiotic prescription rates on the prescription behaviour of primary care physicians in Switzerland.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Antibiotic prescription feedback

Monthly postal and electronic feedback on antibiotic prescription rates

BEHAVIORAL

No Feedback

Physicians in the control group will only be monitored for their antibiotic prescription rates (Physicians are unaware of the trial)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swiss National Science Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heiner C Bucher, Prof Dr med · Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital Basel

  • Andreas Widmer, Prof Dr med · Klinik für Infektiologie und Spitalhygiene, University Hospital Basel

  • Andreas Zeller, PD Dr med · Institut für Hausarztmedizin, University of Basel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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