PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D. J. G. Bain
AU  - A. J. Haines
TI  - A year's study of drug prescribing in general practice using computer-assisted record
DP  - 1975 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 41--48
VI  - 25
IP  - 150
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/25/150/41.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/25/150/41.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1975 Jan 01; 25
AB  - A year's drug prescribing by five family doctors working in a new town is reviewed. The records were computerised and some of the problems which this involved are mentioned. The range of different preparations which were used over the year was high but 76 per cent of prescriptions were accounted for by 117 preparations; 30 per cent of total prescribing was for antibiotics and psychotropic drugs. The lessons to be learned from `self-audit' have been shown and areas for future study are discussed.