Prescribing in Primary Care. Pharmacotherapy in primary care and the cooperation between general practitioners and community pharmacists

Abstract

Introduction, aim and relevance of the study, structure of the thesis 2. Background, research questions and measuring instruments 3. Changing relationships: attitudes and opinions of general practitioners and pharmacists regarding the role of the community pharmacist 4. Pharmacists in Primary Care. Determinants of the care-providing function of the community pharmacist in primary care 5. Prescribing indicators. Development and validation of guideline-based prescribing indicators as an instrument to measure the variation in the prescribing behaviour of general practitioners 6. Differences in prescribing between general practitioners. Impact of the cooperation with pharmacists and visits from pharmaceutical industry representatives 7. General practitioner and pharmacist. Differences in prescribing and their relationship to pharmaceutical care 8. General discussion, conclusions