Evaluation of Therapeutic Initiative's Cystitis Portrait and Therapeutics Letter

The goal of this randomized trial is to test the impact of mailing personalized prescribing Portraits (an audit and feedback tool) and Therapeutics Letters (a reference document) to physicians on first-line prescribing to patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) . The main question this study aims to answer is: • To what extent can personal prescribing feedback Portraits and Therapeutics Letters have an effect on how physicians prescribe antibiotics for uncomplicated UTI? Approximately 5,000 British Columbian Family Practitioners (FP's) have been randomly divided into three groups, and each group received the Portrait at different times. To help ascertain the possible impact of Portraits, pooled data on first-line prescribing for uncomplicated UTI by FP's who received the Portrait at an early time point (September 23, 2021) will be compared to that of those who received a Portrait at a delayed time point (March 28, 2022). Researchers will compare prescribing data from these groups to see if the prescribing Portraits have had a differential impact on prescribing of antibiotics for uncomplicated UTI.