Randomized Trial: Letters with Peer Comparison May Reduce Overprescribing

Effect of Peer Comparison Letters for High-Volume Primary Care Prescribers of Quetiapine in Older and Disabled Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Behavioral nudges lead to striking drop in prescriptions of potent antipsychotic – Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Study Reduces Over-prescription of Antipsychotics in Older Adults – Mad in America (free) AND ‘Dear Doctor’ Letters Use Peer Pressure, Government Warning To Stop Overprescribing – NPR (free) AND Peer Pressure Tactic Successfully Curbs Overprescribing – Medscape (free registration required)