The use of postal audit and feedback among Irish General Practitioners for the self - management of antimicrobial prescribing: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inappropriate use of antibiotics has been acknowledged as a significant contributor to the proliferation of antimicrobial resistance worldwide. Physician prescribing of antibiotics has been identified as a factor in the inappropriate use of antibiotics. One methodology that is used in an attempt to alter physician prescribing behaviours is audit and feedback. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of Irish General Practitioners (GPs) towards the national introduction of postal feedback on their antibiotic prescribing behaviours beginning in 2019.

Design

A qualitative descriptive methodology was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with GPs in receipt of postal audit and feedback.

Method

GPs working in Ireland and in receipt of postal audit an

SUBMITTER: Roche KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9014781 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature