Mailed feedback to primary care physicians on antibiotic prescribing for patients aged 65 years and older: pragmatic, factorial randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate whether providing family physicians with feedback on their antibiotic prescribing compared with that of their peers reduces antibiotic prescriptions. To also identify effects on antibiotic prescribing from case-mix adjusted feedback reports and messages emphasising antibiotic associated harms.

Design

Pragmatic, factorial randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Primary care physicians in Ontario, Canada PARTICIPANTS: All primary care physicians were randomly assigned a group if they were eligible and actively prescribing antibiotics to patients 65 years or older. Physicians were excluded if had already volunteered to receive antibiotic prescribing feedback from another agency, or had opted out of the trial.

Intervention

A letter was mailed in

SUBMITTER: Schwartz KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11151833 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature