PMID: 9437279Jan 23, 1998Paper

Effect of doctors' ethnicity and country of qualification on prescribing patterns in single handed general practices: linkage of information collected by questionnaire and from routine data

BMJ : British Medical Journal
P S GillC M Harris

Abstract

To test whether Asian general practitioners who qualified in the Indian subcontinent prescribe items more often, more expensive items, and fewer generic drugs than their British trained Asian and non-Asian counterparts. Linkage study using data collected by questionnaire and from routine sources. General practices in England. 155 single handed general practitioners: 42 Asian doctors qualified in United Kingdom (group 1), 58 white doctors qualified in United Kingdom (group 2), and 55 Asian doctors qualified in Indian subcontinent (group 3). Prescribing cost (cost per ASTRO-PU), prescribing frequency (number of items per ASTRO-PU), and generic prescribing (percentage of drugs prescribed that are generic). Doctors in group 1 were significantly younger than those in the other groups and had a higher proportion of patients who were from deprived wards. There was no difference between the groups in the proportion of female doctors and total list size. After adjustment for confounding factors, there were no significant differences between the three groups for prescribing cost (16.58 (95% confidence interval 6.39 to 26.77) for group 1, 17.31 (6.92 to 27.69) for group 2, 17.80 (7.22 to 28.38) for group 3, P = 0.55); prescribing frequenc...Continue Reading

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Feb 5, 2009·The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners·Jill MorrisonPhilip Wilson
Jun 13, 2009·The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners·Zoi TsimtsiouRoger Jones
Jun 11, 2010·Wiener klinische Wochenschrift·Ksenija Tusek-BuncZalika Klemenc-Ketis
Feb 24, 2001·The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health·A Stewart, J N Rao
Aug 7, 1999·Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics·P S GillC M Harris
Nov 28, 2001·Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics·P S Gill, A Roalfe
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Dec 21, 2000·Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics·P S Gill
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