Identification of an updated set of prescribing-safety indicators for GPs

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 621, 2014, Pages

  Spencer, Rachel ^a   Bell, Brian ^a   Avery, Anthony J ^a   Gookey, Gill ^b   Campbell, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Rushcliffe CCG Nottingham   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Consensus; General practice; Medication errors; Patient safety; Primary health care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DRUG FORMULARY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

AMBULATORY CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84898738606     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X677806     Document Type: Article

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