Benson 2014.
Methods | STUDY DESIGN: ITS Risk of Bias: LOW |
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Participants | PROVIDERS: all physicians in the hospital PARTICIPANTS: all patients in the hospital CLINICAL PROBLEM: patients receiving therapeutic antibiotics SETTING: 1 university hospital in the USA | |
Interventions | FORMAT, Interventions: audit and feedback; educational outreach by academic detailing Intervention Functions: education, enablement, persuasion DELIVERER: AMT COMPARISON: usual care DESIRED CHANGE: decrease excessive |
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Outcomes | PRESCRIBING: Choice: antibiotic cost per patient day | |
Notes | FINANCIAL SUPPORT: none. Competing Interests; none declared ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: no response from author |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Intervention independent (ITS) ? | Low risk | |
Analysed appropriately (ITS) ? | Low risk | Re‐analysed |
Shape of effect pre‐specified (ITS) ? | Low risk | Point of intervention was point of analysis. |
Unlikely to affect data collection (ITS) ? | Low risk | Electronic data from pharmacy computer |
Knowledge of the allocation adequately prevented(ITS)? | Low risk | Electronic data from pharmacy computer |
Incomplete outcome data addressed (ITS) ? | Low risk | Electronic data from pharmacy computer |
Free of selected reporting (ITS) ? | Low risk | Electronic data from pharmacy computer |
Free of other bias (ITS) ? | Low risk | > 1 year data pre‐ and postintervention |