Discrepancies between the electronic medical record, the prescriptions in the Swedish national prescription repository and the current medication reported by patients

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1177-1183

  Ekedahl, Anders ^a,b   Brosius, Helen ^a   Jönsson, Julia ^a   Karlsson, Hanna ^a   Yngvesson, Maria ^c  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c Stensö HC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discrepancies; Electronic medical record; Medication list; Medication verification; Prescriptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860407406     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2226     Document Type: Article

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