The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study.
Antidepressant prescribing continues to rise. Contributing factors are increased long-term prescribing and possibly the use of higher selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) doses. ⋯ Almost half of all people prescribed antidepressants were long-term users. Appropriate reductions in prescribing can be achieved by reviewing patients. Higher SSRI doses may be contributing to current antidepressant growth.
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Multicenter Study
Factors influencing professional decision making on unplanned hospital admission: a qualitative study.
Unplanned admissions to hospital are a challenge for healthcare systems internationally. In the UK variation in unplanned admission rates across geographical areas, general practices and GPs remains largely unexplained. ⋯ Professional decision making that leads to unplanned admission to hospital is influenced by a range of organisational and individual health or social care professional factors. Finding ways to modify and ameliorate the effects of these systems and individual influences should be considered an important goal in the design of new interventions.