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Table 3 Effects of the DURs on the appropriateness of prescriptions by type of interventions: indication for use

From: Effect of drug utilization reviews on the quality of in-hospital prescribing: a quasi-experimental study

   

DUR experiment

hospitals

No DUR

(control hospital)

Difference between

DUR – no DUR

Type of DUR

Day of the evaluation

DUR intervention

ω0

(SE)

P-value

ω0

(SE)

P-value

T

P-value

Retrospective

Day 1

Criteria distribution

1.11

(4.87)

0.82

-6.36

(3.46)

0.07

1.25

0.21

  

Results diffusion

6.41

(5.62)

0.25

-7.02

(3.55)

0.05

1.71

0.09

 

Day 4

Criteria distribution

-2.65

(4.20)

0.53

-2.46

(2.86)

0.39

0.04

0.97

  

Results diffusion

3.29

(4.91)

0.50

-3.04

(3.06)

0.32

1.09

0.28

Concurrent

Day 1

Criteria distribution* and one-on-one interventions

5.90

(3.71)

0.11

-7.02

(3.55)

0.05

2.52

0.01

  

Results diffusion†

4.66

(4.90)

0.34

-5.17

(3.75)

0.17

1.30

0.20

 

Day 4

Criteria distribution* and one-on-one interventions

12.70‡

(5.71)

0.03

-4.08

(2.92)

0.16

2.62

0.01

  

Results diffusion

5.47

(4.58)

0.23

-2.98

(3.89)

0.44

1.41

0.16

  1. * In the concurrent DUR, distribution of criteria corresponds to the start of the direct interventions 3-month period.
  2. † Results were distributed in the form of a newsletter
  3. ‡ δ1 = -0.83 (SE = 0.25) P-value = 0.001