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Correction for potentially inappropriate prescribing can increase specificity when using drug prescriptions as an adjunct to diagnostic codes to assess comorbidities in older patients

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 2019
Background: Comorbidities are a growing problem in older patients in many clinical settings, but electronic records may give an unsatisfactory picture of this complexity.
Gianfrancesco Fiorini, Alberto Castagna, Cesare Cerri, Vincenzo Rega, Antonello E Rigamonti, Silvano G. Cella   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Older patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S) tool [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Ageing of the population often leads to polypharmacy. Consequently, potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) becomes more frequent. Systematic screening for PIP in older patients in primary care could yield a large improvement in health ...
Boussery, Koen, Mehuys, Els, Petrovic, Mirko, Somers, Annemie, Tommelein, Eline, van der Cammen, Tischa   +5 more
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Urban-rural inequality regarding drug prescriptions in primary care facilities – a pre-post comparison of the National Essential Medicines Scheme of China

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2015
ObjectiveTo assess the impact of the National Essential Medicines Scheme (NEMS) with respect to urban-rural inequalities regarding drug prescriptions in primary care facilities.MethodsA stratified two-stage random sampling strategy was used to sample 23 ...
Qiang Yao, Chaojie Liu, J. Ferrier, Zhiyong Liu, Ju Sun   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Opioid Analgesic Prescribing Practices of Dental Professionals in the United States [PDF]

, 2017
The prescription of opioid analgesics by dental professionals is widespread in the United States. Policy makers, government agencies, and professional organizations consider this phenomenon a growing public health concern.
Okunseri, Christopher, Okunseri, Elaye, Steinmetz, C. N., Szabo, Aniko, Zheng, C.   +4 more
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Nutritional and Behavioral Intervention for Long‐Term Childhood Acute Leukemia Survivors With Metabolic Syndrome

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common complication in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia (AL), and a major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, type‐2‐diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Visentin Sandrine, Béliard Sophie, Renard Cécile, Caussy Cyrielle, Hamidou Zeinab, Romano David, Gacem Mélanie, Petit Arnaud, Saultier Paul, Borentain Patrick, Michel Gérard   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescription Drugs Online [PDF]

, 2004
Presents findings from a survey conducted in May and June 2004. Looks at issues of convenience and trust in purchasing prescriptions online, drug-related spam, and future ...
Susannah Fox
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The MedSupport Multilevel Intervention to Enhance Support for Pediatric Medication Adherence: Development and Feasibility Testing

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction We developed MedSupport, a multilevel medication adherence intervention designed to address root barriers to medication adherence. This study sought to explore the feasibility and acceptability of the MedSupport intervention strategies to support a future full‐scale randomized controlled trial.
Elizabeth G. Bouchard, Hital Patel, Paula C. Vincent, Justine Kahn, Kira Bona, Thai Hoa Tran, Elisa M. Rodriguez, Kristopher Attwood, Kara M. Kelly   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations [PDF]

, 2017
Rationale, aims and objectives: Reducing preventable harm from repeat medication prescriptions is a patient safety priority worldwide. In the United Kingdom, repeat prescriptions items issued has doubled in the last 20 years from 5.8 to 13.3 items ...
Bartlett, Stephen, Bowie, Paul, Dinwoodie, Mark, Man, Shu Ling, Price, Julie, Taylor, Kate   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Drug-drug interactions in repeat prescriptions at village dispensaries (bereg) in Malta [PDF]

, 2013
Inappropriate treatments and drug-drug interactions (DDIs) are known to occur in settings where repeat prescriptions are issued. In view of this, a study was carried out to document any such problematic drug prescribing and propose changes that would
Bugeja, Anton
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Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Opioid Prescriptions at Emergency Department Visits for Conditions Commonly Associated with Prescription Drug Abuse

PLoS ONE, 2016
Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem nationally. In an effort to curb this problem, emergency physicians might rely on subjective cues such as race-ethnicity, often unknowingly, when prescribing opioids for pain-related complaints, especially for
A. Singhal, Yu-Yu Tien, R. Hsia
semanticscholar   +1 more source