Using primary care prescribing data to improve GP awareness of antidepressant adherence issues

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-15

  Mabotuwana, Thusitha ^a   Warren, Jim ^a   Orr, Martin ^a   Kenealy, Timothy ^b   Harrison, Jeff ^c  

^a School of Population Health   (New Zealand)

^b School of Population Health ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care information systems; Clinical audit; Patient non adherence; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 81855203313     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v19i1.788     Document Type: Article

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