Preventing drug-related morbidity - Determining valid indicators

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-198

  Morris, C J ^a   Cantrill, J A ^a   Hepler, C D ^b   Noyce, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Delphi technique; Preventable drug related morbidity; Primary care; United Kingdom; United States

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMIODARONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EYE DROPS; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMIPRAMINE; LAXATIVE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEDOCROMIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE; THYROID HORMONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOKALEMIA; JAUNDICE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; URINE RETENTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036086230     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.intqhc.a002610     Document Type: Article

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