Explaining the variation between practices in the duration of new antidepressant treatment: a database cohort study in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Niall Anderson¹  Christopher Burton¹  Isobel Cameron¹ 

[1] Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.

关键词: antidepressant treatment;    clinical practice variation;    depressive disorder;    prescribing;    primary health care;   

DOI  :  10.3399/bjgp15X683557

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Royal College of General Practitioners

【 摘 要 】

Practices vary in the duration of newly initiated antidepressant treatment, even after adjusting for patient characteristics. It was hypothesised that this may be because of differences between practices in demographic (practice deprivation and antidepressant prescribing rates), organisational (practice size and proportion of female GPs), and clinical factors (proportion of new episodes of depression coded).

【 授权许可】

Unknown