Improving medication safety: Influence of a patient-specific prescriber feedback program on rate of medication reviews performed by Australian general medical practitioners

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 797-803

  Roughead, Elizabeth ^a   Pratt, Nicole ^b   Peck, Robert ^c   Gilbert, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health service; Home medicines review; Medical practitioners; Patient specific; Prescriber feedback; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; VETERANS;

EID: 34547503440     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1393     Document Type: Review

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