Impact of a multifaceted intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing: a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study sought to assess the effectiveness and return on investment (ROI) of a multifaceted intervention aimed at improving antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care.

Design

Large-sized, two-arm, open-label, pragmatic, cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Setting

All primary care physicians working for the Spanish National Health Service (NHS) in Galicia (region in north-west Spain).

Participants

The seven spatial clusters were distributed by unequal randomisation (3:4) of the intervention and control groups. A total of 1217 physicians (1.30 million patients) were recruited from intervention clusters and 1393 physicians (1.46 million patients) from control clusters.

Interventions

One-hour educational outreach v

SUBMITTER: Figueiras A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7722452 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature