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Comment
. 2006 Jun;3(6):e229.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030229.

Improving prescribing practices in primary care. A randomised trial and economic analysis of a multicomponent intervention showed small, but important, gains

Chris Del Mar  1
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Improving prescribing practices in primary care. A randomised trial and economic analysis of a multicomponent intervention showed small, but important, gains

Chris Del Mar. PLoS Med. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

Del Mar discusses the implications of the RaPP trial, a cluster RCT of a multi-component intervention to improve prescribing of antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs in primary care.

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Competing Interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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