Medication safety: An audit of medication discrepancies in transferring type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients from Australian primary care to tertiary ambulatory care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 397-403

  Azzi, Madonna ^a   Constantino, Maria ^b   Pont, Lisa ^a   Mcgill, Margaret ^c   Twigg, Stephen ^b,c   Krass, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medication discrepancies; Medications; Primary care; Tertiary care; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84905863853     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzu051     Document Type: Article

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