Examining the Effect of General Practitioner Practice Size on Prescribing Behaviours in Northern Ireland

Frederick Booth; Maurice Mulvenna; RR Bond; Kieran McGlade; Debbie Rankin; J. G. Wallace

doi:10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313570

Examining the Effect of General Practitioner Practice Size on Prescribing Behaviours in Northern Ireland

Frederick Booth, Maurice Mulvenna, RR Bond, Kieran McGlade, Debbie Rankin, J. G. Wallace

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Abstract

This study uses classifications of Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan behavioural archetypes of General Practitioner practice in Northern Ireland and seeks to examine any associations between practice size and each archetype. It was found that the highest prescribing levels were in Small practices with two registered doctors for both archetypes. The lowest levels of prescribing were found in Single-Handed practices with only one registered doctor in Non-Metropolitan areas whilst Large practices with five or more registered doctors had the lowest prescribing levels in Metropolitan areas. One possible reason for Large practices having the lowest prescribing rates in Metropolitan areas may be the availability of more alternatives to medication. The highest prescribing levels in Non-Metropolitan areas were almost 4% higher than the lowest. This difference rose to 32% in Metropolitan areas. Further research into this difference is needed with deprivation levels found in Metropolitan areas being a possible factor. Examining each practice size individually showed that the same archetypes (i.e. Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan) is also observed at this level with the number of registered patients increasing in line with the size of the practice although practices in Non-Metropolitan areas generally had more patients than those in Metropolitan areas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020
Place of Publication	Seoul, Korea (South)
Publisher	IEEE Xplore
Pages	2705-2708
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-6215-7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-6216-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313570
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 13 Jan 2021
Event	IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine - Duration: 16 Dec 2020 → 19 Dec 2020 http://ieeebibm.org/BIBM2020/

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Name	Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine
Period	16/12/20 → 19/12/20
Internet address	http://ieeebibm.org/BIBM2020/

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Keywords

Health
General practice
Open data
Big data
Prescribing
Urban areas
Medical services
Size
General Practice
Big Data
Prescriptions
Open Data

UN SDGs

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Booth, F., Mulvenna, M., Bond, RR., McGlade, K., Rankin, D., & Wallace, J. G. (2021). Examining the Effect of General Practitioner Practice Size on Prescribing Behaviours in Northern Ireland. In Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020 (pp. 2705-2708). (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020). IEEE Xplore. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313570

Booth, Frederick ; Mulvenna, Maurice ; Bond, RR et al. / Examining the Effect of General Practitioner Practice Size on Prescribing Behaviours in Northern Ireland. Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020. Seoul, Korea (South) : IEEE Xplore, 2021. pp. 2705-2708 (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020).

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Booth, F, Mulvenna, M , Bond, RR, McGlade, K, Rankin, D & Wallace, JG 2021, Examining the Effect of General Practitioner Practice Size on Prescribing Behaviours in Northern Ireland. in Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020. Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020, IEEE Xplore, Seoul, Korea (South), pp. 2705-2708, IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, 16/12/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313570

Examining the Effect of General Practitioner Practice Size on Prescribing Behaviours in Northern Ireland. / Booth, Frederick; Mulvenna, Maurice ; Bond, RR et al.
Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020. Seoul, Korea (South): IEEE Xplore, 2021. p. 2705-2708 (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020).

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Booth F, Mulvenna M , Bond RR, McGlade K, Rankin D , Wallace JG. Examining the Effect of General Practitioner Practice Size on Prescribing Behaviours in Northern Ireland. In Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020. Seoul, Korea (South): IEEE Xplore. 2021. p. 2705-2708. (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2020). doi: 10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313570

Examining the Effect of General Practitioner Practice Size on Prescribing Behaviours in Northern Ireland

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