About the Rx for Change Database

Rx for Change summarizes current research evidence about the effects of strategies to improve drug prescribing practice and drug use. This database houses summaries of key findings from systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of strategies targeting professionals, the organization of health care, and consumers.

The Database was created to facilitate searching, finding, and using research about evidence-based prescribing and drug use. Interventions to improve drug prescribing and drug use are organized into easy-to-browse categories. For each intervention, there is an overall summary of its effects based on the evidence from systematic reviews. From each intervention summary, summaries of the individual reviews are available. Each review is quality-assessed and summarized to highlight key characteristics and relevant evidence to decision making. From each review summary, there are also links to the individual studies included in the review.

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This database is available through a joint collaboration of the Canadian Optimal Medication Prescribing and Utilization Service (COMPUS) and the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) and the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review groups.

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