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Table 4 Effects of the DURs on the appropriateness of prescriptions by type of interventions: combination therapy

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

-3.46

(4.48)

0.44

-11.56

(8.96)

0.20

0.81

0.42

  

Results diffusion

-2.14

(5.26)

0.68

-5.93

(9.33)

0.53

0.35

0.73

 

Day 4

Criteria distribution

-2.98

(5.12)

0.56

-7.58

(4.22)

0.07

0.69

0.49

  

Results diffusion

1.08

(6.01)

0.86

-11.73

(4.20)

0.01

1.75

0.08

Concurrent

Day 1

Criteria distribution* and one-on-one interventions

-10.75

(5.74)

0.06

-10.04

(8.93)

0.26

-0.07

0.94

  

Results diffusion†

-16.72

(6.45)

0.01

-2.68

(7.59)

0.72

-1.41

0.16

 

Day 4

Criteria distribution* and one-on-one interventions

-4.71

(5.59)

0.40

-7.69

(4.32)

0.08

0.42

0.81

  

Results diffusion

-14.29

(6.80)

0.04

-5.85

(5.87)

0.32

-0.94

0.35

  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