The effect of registry-based performance feedback via short text messages and traditional postal letters on prescribing parenteral steroids by general practitioners-A randomized controlled trial

摘要

Background: It is conjectured that providing feedback on physicians' prescribing behavior improves quality of drug prescriptions. However, the effectiveness of feedback provision and mode of feedback delivery is not well understood. The objective of this study was to assess and compare the effect of traditional paper letters (TPL) and short text message (STM) feedback on general practitioners' prescribing behavior of parenteral steroids (PSs).