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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

Over one billion prescriptions per year are signed in the UK by these general practitioners (GPs) in primary care. We sought to analyse how prescribing trends have changed over time, utilising a dataset containing all prescriptions signed and dispensed in the UK by primary care facilities from January 2014 to November 2020.