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Reducing long-term diazepam prescribing in office practice. A controlled trial of educational visits.

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Ray, WA; Blazer, DG; Schaffner, W; Federspiel, CF; Fink, R
Published in: JAMA
November 14, 1986

We conducted a controlled, statewide trial of the efficacy of an educational visit by a physician counselor in the reduction of diazepam prescribing in outpatient practice. A novel aspect of this trial was the provision of a schedule for gradual withdrawal of long-term diazepam users from drug therapy; 51% of visited doctors attempted to withdraw patients from diazepam therapy and 26% utilized the withdrawal schedule. The entire group of 43 visited doctors reduced the rate of long-term diazepam users in their practice by 18% relative to the control group; the subgroup of doctors who utilized the withdrawal schedule had and even greater reduction of 33%. These results suggest that practicing doctors are concerned with long-term use of diazepam and that the educational visit by another physician is one method for reducing such use.

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Published In

JAMA

ISSN

0098-7484

Publication Date

November 14, 1986

Volume

256

Issue

18

Start / End Page

2536 / 2539

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tennessee
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Medicaid
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Education, Medical, Continuing
  • Drug Utilization
  • Drug Information Services
  • Drug Administration Schedule
 

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Ray, W. A., Blazer, D. G., Schaffner, W., Federspiel, C. F., & Fink, R. (1986). Reducing long-term diazepam prescribing in office practice. A controlled trial of educational visits. JAMA, 256(18), 2536–2539.
Ray, W. A., D. G. Blazer, W. Schaffner, C. F. Federspiel, and R. Fink. “Reducing long-term diazepam prescribing in office practice. A controlled trial of educational visits.JAMA 256, no. 18 (November 14, 1986): 2536–39.
Ray WA, Blazer DG, Schaffner W, Federspiel CF, Fink R. Reducing long-term diazepam prescribing in office practice. A controlled trial of educational visits. JAMA. 1986 Nov 14;256(18):2536–9.
Ray, W. A., et al. “Reducing long-term diazepam prescribing in office practice. A controlled trial of educational visits.JAMA, vol. 256, no. 18, Nov. 1986, pp. 2536–39.
Ray WA, Blazer DG, Schaffner W, Federspiel CF, Fink R. Reducing long-term diazepam prescribing in office practice. A controlled trial of educational visits. JAMA. 1986 Nov 14;256(18):2536–2539.
Journal cover image

Published In

JAMA

ISSN

0098-7484

Publication Date

November 14, 1986

Volume

256

Issue

18

Start / End Page

2536 / 2539

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tennessee
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Medicaid
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Education, Medical, Continuing
  • Drug Utilization
  • Drug Information Services
  • Drug Administration Schedule