Journal article
Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of issuing longer versus shorter duration (3-month vs. 28-day) prescriptions in patients with chronic conditions: systematic review and economic modelling
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Background
To reduce expenditure on, and wastage of, drugs, some commissioners have encouraged general practitioners to issue shorter prescriptions, typically 28 days in length; however, the evidence base for this recommendation is uncertain.
Objective
To evaluate the evidence of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of shorter versus longer prescriptions for people with stable chronic conditions treated in primary care.
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.3310/hta21780
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- Grant:
- Health Technology Assessment programme
- Publisher:
- NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme
- Journal:
- Health Technology Assessment More from this journal
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 78
- Publication date:
- 2017-12-21
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-01-09
- DOI:
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2046-4924
- ISSN:
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1366-5278
- Pmid:
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29268843
- Language:
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English
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pubs:813155
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pubs:813155
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813155
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2018-01-08
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- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2017. This work was produced by Miani et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in professional journals provided that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising.
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