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

Welschen 2004.

Methods Cluster RCT 
 Follow up: 
 providers: DONE 
 patients: N/A 
 Blinded assessment: DONE 
 Baseline: DONE 
 Reliable outcomes: DONE 
 Protection against contamination: DONE
Overall quality: HIGH
Participants 12 peer review groups including 100 general practitioners with their collaborating pharmacists 
 Country: Netherlands 
 Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 29% 
 General practice 
 Academic/Teaching setting: NOT CLEAR 
 Type of targeted behaviour: PRESCRIBING (of antibiotics for respiratory tract symptoms) 
 Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW
Interventions 1. CME: peer‐group education meeting with communication skills training + feedback presented at practice level + 2‐hr group education for assistants + education material for patients at practice site 
 2. Control: No intervention control
Outcomes Professional practice: rate of antibiotic prescribing in % 
 Patient: patient satisfaction 
 Seriousness of outcome: LOW
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk A ‐ Adequate