Suboptimal physician adherence to quality indicators for the management of gout and asymptomatic hyperuricaemia: Results from the UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD)

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1038-1042

  Mikuls, T R ^a,b   Farrar, J T ^c   Bilker, W B ^c   Fernandes, S ^c   Saag, K G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d and Clinical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Asymptomatic hyperuricaemia; Gout; GPRD; Medical error; Quality indicator; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIURETIC AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; TACROLIMUS; ANTIGOUT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG USE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOUT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOPURINOL; DATABASES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 24944435549     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh679     Document Type: Article

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