Estimating the scope for savings in referrals and drug prescription costs in the general Practice units of a UK primary care trust

Business & Economics

• Primary Care 78%
• General Practice 72%
• Prescription Drugs 70%
• Savings 70%
• Referral 65%
• Drugs 28%
• Unit Cost 25%
• Expenditure 24%
• Costs 22%
• Drug Treatment 18%
• Deprivation 13%
• Inpatients 13%
• Outpatient 13%
• Prescription 11%
• Cost Savings 10%
• Data Envelopment Analysis 9%
• Benchmark 8%

Mathematics

• Primary Care 100%
• Drugs 59%
• Costs 42%
• Unit 39%
• Data Envelopment Analysis 16%
• Gender 15%
• Lowest 11%
• Benchmark 11%
• Profile 9%
• Estimate 5%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Costs 21%
• Drug therapy 18%
• Data envelopment analysis 15%