Assessing the impact of physician prescribing feedback on antibiotic use for urinary tract infections
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Infections and Infestationsncomplicated acute cystitis
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16938907
- Lead Sponsor
- British Columbia Ministry of Health
- Brief Summary
2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37523381/ (added 01/08/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 23446
Inclusion Criteria
Female patients who visited a family physician during the study period where the primary diagnosis code on the Medical Services Plan billing record was coded as 595.x (Cystitis). Reversed billing claims were excluded:
1. Female patients only
2. Extract Medical Service Plan claims where the first 3 digits of the ICD-9 diagnosis code are 595 (acute cystitis)
3. Aged 18 years old and over
Exclusion Criteria
1. Reversed medical services billing claims from above.
2. Males
3. Aged <18 years
4. Episodes that meet complicating” factors
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of acute cystitis patients prescribed nitrofurantoin as first-line treatment, using BC Ministry of Health administrative data on physician visits and dispensed medications at community pharmacies, in the 12-month period post-intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of acute cystitis patients prescribed ciprofloxacin, TMP-SMX, or no treatment, using BC Ministry of Health administrative data on physician visits and dispensed medications at community pharmacies, in the 12-month period post-intervention