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Original Article

Effect of mailed feedback on drug prescribing profiles in general practice: a seven-year longitudinal study in Storstrøm County, Denmark

Keld Vægter Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Uppsala, Sweden; Unit of Continuous Medical Education in General Practice (FUAP), Health Department, Storstrøm County, Nykøbing F, Denmark; Centre for Development and Research in Primary Care in Sörmland, Eskilstuna, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rolf Wahlström Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Uppsala, Sweden; Unit of Continuous Medical Education in General Practice (FUAP), Health Department, Storstrøm County, Nykøbing F, Denmark; Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hans Wedel Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kurt Svärdsudd Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Uppsala, Sweden
Pages 238-244 | Received 07 Mar 2010, Accepted 16 Apr 2010, Published online: 07 Oct 2010

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