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be made at increasing the quality of care for a single condition in primary care". More than that, he says, the program "is cost saving. And that being the case, it is almost criminal not to implement the intervention everywhere."

Citation: Fretheim A, Oxman AD, Hvelsrud K, Treweek S, Kristoffersen DT, et al. (2006) Rational Prescribing in Primary Care (RaPP): A cluster randomized trial of a tailored intervention. PLoS Med 3(6): e134.

PLEASE ADD THE LINKS TO THE PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN ONLINE VERSIONS OF YOUR REPORT: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030134

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Related PLoS Medicine Research Article:

Citation: Fretheim A, Aaserud M, Oxman AD (2006) Rational Prescribing in Primary Care (RaPP): Economic evaluation of an intervention to improve professional practice. PLoS Med 3(6): e216.

PLEASE ADD THE LINKS TO THE PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN ONLINE VERSIONS OF YOUR REPORT: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030216

PRESS-ONLY PREVIEW OF THE ARTICLE: http://www.plos.org/press/plme-03-06-fretheim2.pdf

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Related PLoS Medicine Perspectives article:

Citation: Del Mar C (2006) Improving prescribing practices in primary care. PLoS Med 3(6): e229.

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