Publications by authors named "Cosimo Guerra"
Background: Many international guidelines address appropriateness, prescribing variability and drug-related expenditure in primary dyspepsia management.
Aims: To evaluate the impact on general practitioner (GP) practice and healthcare costs of a participatory intervention to modify primary dyspepsia and Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection management, by standardised implementation of an international guideline in the local setting, through a prospective, controlled before-and-after study.
Methods: Primary dyspepsia management was monitored in the Local Health District of Padua; 63 of all 354 local GPs (total patient population: 82,284) took part in a primary-care improvement programme.