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. 2010 Nov-Dec;17(6):681–688. doi: 10.1136/jamia.2009.002568

Table 2.

Electronic and hand-generated prescriptions before and after implementation of generic substitution decision support

Total Generic Percent generic (95% CI)
Electronic
 Pre-implementation period 1707 553 32.4 (30.2% to 34.7%)
 Immediate post-implementation period 6505 3269 50.3 (49.0% to 51.5%)
 End-of-study post-implementation period 24894 14470 58.1 (57.5% to 58.7%)
Hand-generated
 Pre-implementation period 1490 437 29.3 (27.0% to 31.6%)
 Immediate post-implementation period 1527 480 31.4 (29.1% to 33.8%)
 End-of-study post-implementation period 1439 538 37.4 (34.9% to 39.9%)