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. 2009 Jul 8;2009(3):CD001096. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001096.pub2

Price 2017.

Study characteristics
Methods Cluster RCT
Participants Primary care provincial research network, BC, Canada (University of British Columbia Department of Family Practice Research Network)
4825 patients, 28 primary care physicians, 8 practices
Interventions Informed physicians of potentially inappropriate prescriptions in the elderly by application of 40 Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions (STOPP) rules
Outcomes Process adherence (prescribing)
Co‐Interventions Educational: None
Beyond Clinician Education: None
CDSS Features ‐ Acknowledgement of CDSS Required No
CDSS Features ‐ Other Ambush, conveyed patient‐specific information, decision support was complex, included supporting information on‐screen, makes care recommendation, other concurrent CDSS, 'push' mode of delivery, targeted overuse
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk  
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk  
Baseline characteristics similar? Low risk  
Unit of analysis error Low risk