Providing evidence-based information to patients: Impact on physician prescribing

The Canada Drug Guide Project tested the feasibility of producing evidence-based therapeutic guides in lay language and assessed the acceptability, utility, and impact of these guides on physicians, pharmacists, and patients. Methods: 53 family physicians in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia recruited 10 patients to each of the prototypes: sore throat (acute symptomatic), osteoporosis (chronic asymptomatic) and heartburn (chronic …