Jacob E Kurlander, Loren Laine, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Christopher B Roberts, Darcy Saffar, Aimee Myers, Robert Holleman, Yuqing Gao, Michelle Shank, Richard Nelson, Jane Forman, Christian D Helfrich, Sarah L Krein, Sameer D Saini, Yu-Xiao Yang
OBJECTIVE: To determine how a large scale, multicomponent, pharmacy based intervention to reduce proton pump inhibitor (PPI) overuse affected prescribing patterns, healthcare utilization, and clinical outcomes. DESIGN: Difference-in-difference study. SETTING: US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, in which one regional network implemented the overuse intervention and all 17 others served as controls. PARTICIPANTS: All individuals receiving primary care from 2009 to 2019...
April 11, 2024: BMJ: British Medical Journal