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. 2009 Apr 15;2009(2):CD003030. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003030.pub2

Kasje 2004.

Methods Cluster RCT 
 Follow up: 
 providers: NOT DONE 
 patients: NOT DONE 
 Blinded assessment: DONE 
 Baseline: NOT DONE 
 Reliable outcomes: DONE 
 Protection against contamination: DONE
Overall quality: MODERATE
Participants 245 general practitioners in 27 peer review groups
Country: Netherlands 
 Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 93% 
 General practice 
 Academic/Teaching setting: NON‐TEACHING 
 Type of targeted behaviour: PRESCRIBING (chronic heart failure and diabetes mellitus type 2) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW
Interventions 1a. CME: 13 peer review groups in arm for condition chronic heart failure: 1‐hr interactive peer group session on management of condition with case based discussions 
 2a. No intervention control
1b. CME: 14 peer review groups in arm for condition diabetes mellitus type 2: 1‐hr interactive peer group session on management of condition with case based discussions 
 2b. No intervention control
Outcomes Professional practice: % of patients receiving prescription of ACE inhibitors 
 Patient: none 
 Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk A ‐ Adequate