Guidance impact on primary care prescribing rates of simple analgesia: an interrupted time series analysis in England

Analysis of primary care prescribing data found statistically significant small reduction (4.4%) in prescribing rate of simple analgesia after publication of NHS England guidance on over-the-counter medicines (adjusted incidence rate ratio 0.96 95% CI=0.92 to 0.99, P=0.027).

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British Journal of General Practice