Appropriate prescribing in asthma

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# PACT data have drawbacks {#article-title-2} EDITOR,—Jeannette Naish and colleagues describe the variations in the costs of prescribing respiratory drugs among general practices in one family health services authority.1 While it is possible that better asthma care results in higher prescribing costs, the use of costs from prescribing analysis and cost (PACT) data to derive the volume of prescribing for asthma has two major drawbacks. Firstly, PACT data are not linked to indication, and therefore one cannot assume …

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