The New Zealand medical journal
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Blinded randomised controlled study of the effect of a discharge communication template on proton pump inhibitor prescribing.
To evaluate whether the inclusion of advice in the hospital discharge letter regarding published guidelines for the review of PPI therapy can increase the number of patients that have documented PPI therapy review, consistent with the published guidelines, following hospital discharge. ⋯ We were not able to demonstrate a beneficial change in PPI prescribing practice from the inclusion of PPI prescribing advice in the discharge letter.