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. 2017 Feb 9;2017(2):CD003543. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003543.pub4

Benson 2014.

Methods STUDY DESIGN: ITS
Risk of Bias: LOW
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
Outcomes PRESCRIBING: Choice: antibiotic cost per patient day
Notes FINANCIAL SUPPORT: none. Competing Interests; none declared
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: no response from author
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