Table 1.
Characteristics of participating continous medical education (CME) groups and GPs
| Characteristics | Intervention group | Control group |
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| CME groups, n | 41 | 39 |
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| GPs participating, n | 250 | 199 |
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| GPs’ sex, % male | 70 | 67 |
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| GP specialist, % | 89 | 82 |
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| GPs in urban practice, % | 52 | 56 |
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| GPs’ age, mean years | 51 | 49 |
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| Patients aged ≥70 years receiving any prescriptions, n | ||
| Before intervention | 46 737 | 35 073 |
| After intervention | 45 310 | 35 211 |
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| Prescriptions to patients aged ≥70 years, n | ||
| Before intervention | 598 492 | 435 542 |
| After intervention | 626 690 | 477 701 |