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How many medications do doctors in primary care use? An observational study of the DU90% indicator in primary care in England.

2020-06-19

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<h4>Aim: </h4> To apply the DU90% indicator (the number of unique drugs which make up 90% of a doctor's prescribing) to GP practices prescribing in England to examine time trends, practice-level variation, and relationships with practice characteristics Method: This is an observational cohort study of all general practices in England. It utilises publicly available prescribing data from the National Health Servic...

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841ad148-2611-5ab2-80a0-f784583d6db7
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10.1101/2020.06.16.20132654
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