Improving appropriate polypharmacy for older people in primary care: Selecting components of an evidence-based intervention to target prescribing and dispensing

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cadogan, Cathal A ^a,b   Ryan, Cristín ^a,b   Francis, Jill J ^c   Gormley, Gerard J ^a   Passmore, Peter ^a   Kerse, Ngaire ^d   Hughes, Carmel M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Dispensing; Intervention; Polypharmacy; Prescribing; Qualitative; Theoretical Domains Framework

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84960100480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0349-3     Document Type: Article

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