Influence of prescription charges on repeat prescribing in primary care

Summary Background: Repeat dispensing by community pharmacists has now been rolled out nationally within England in order to improve patient convenience and reduce doctors’ workload. Little is known about how the charge status of the patient may impact on the uptake and prescribing practices of thi...

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Published in:	Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 269 - 275
Main Authors:	Bradley, F., Elvey, R., Ashcroft, D. M., Noyce, P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2007 Blackwell
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences charges Community Pharmacy Services - statistics & numerical data Cost Savings - methods Data Collection - methods Data Collection - statistics & numerical data Drug Costs - statistics & numerical data Drug Prescriptions - economics Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data Drug Utilization Review - methods Drug Utilization Review - statistics & numerical data England general practice Humans Management Audit - methods Management Audit - statistics & numerical data Medical sciences Middle Aged Pharmacology. Drug treatments Physicians, Family - statistics & numerical data Practice Management, Medical - statistics & numerical data Practice Patterns, Physicians prescription Primary Health Care - economics Primary Health Care - methods Primary Health Care - trends repeat prescribing Time Factors England charges Medical prescription Primary health care prescription general practice repeat prescribing
ISSN:	0269-4727, 1365-2710
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