Evaluating Diuretics in Normal Care (EVIDENCE): protocol of a cluster randomised controlled equivalence trial of prescribing policy to compare the effectiveness of thiazide-type diuretics in hypertension

Evaluating Diuretics in Normal Care (EVIDENCE): protocol of a cluster randomised controlled equivalence trial of prescribing policy to compare the effectiveness of thiazide-type diuretics in hypertension

Abstract Introduction Healthcare systems must use treatments that are effective and safe. Regulators licensed many currently used older medications before introducing the stringent evidential requirements imposed on modern treatments. Also, there has been little encouragement to carry out within-cla...

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Main Authors: Amy Rogers, Angela Flynn, Isla S. Mackenzie, Lewis McConnachie, Rebecca Barr, Robert W. V. Flynn, Steve Morant, Thomas M. MacDonald, Alexander Doney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Medical record linkage
Comparative effectiveness research
Drug prescriptions
Primary health care
Hypertension
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05782-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05782-9

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