Exploring the enablers and barriers to implementing the Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health conditions during Dementia (MATCH-D) criteria in Australia: A qualitative study

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Page, Amy Theresa ^a   Clifford, Rhonda Marise ^a   Potter, Kathleen ^a   Seubert, Liza ^a   McLachlan, Andrew J ^b,c   Hill, Xaysja ^a   King, Stephanie ^a   Clark, Vaughan ^a   Ryan, Cristin ^d   Parekh, Nikesh ^e   Etherton Beer, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85035100159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017906     Document Type: Article

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