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A retrospective comparison of inappropriate prescribing of psychotropics in three Norwegian nursing homes in 2000 and 2016 with prescribing quality indicators

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2019
Background Inappropriate prescribing of psychotropics is a persistent and prevalent problem in nursing homes. The present study compared inappropriate prescribing of psychotropics in nursing homes 16 years apart with prescribing quality indicators.
Jan Schjøtt, Jörg Aßmus
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Prescribing-Assessment Tools for Long-Term Care Pharmacy Practice: Reaching Consensus through a Modified RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method

Pharmacy, 2021
Medicines are the most used health technology in Long-Term Care. The prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines amongst Long-Term Care patients is high.
João R. Gonçalves, Betsy L. Sleath, Manuel J. Lopes, Afonso M. Cavaco   +3 more
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Improving antibiotic prescribing for children in the resource-poor setting. [PDF]

, 2015
Antibiotics are a critically important part of paediatric medical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where infectious diseases are the leading cause of child mortality. The World Health Organization estimates that >50% of all medicines are
Le Doare, Kirsty, Sharland, Mike, Sharland, M, Barker, CI, Irwin, A, Barker, Charlotte I. S., Irwin, Adam, Le Doare, K   +7 more
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Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing in Hospitalized Children: A Focus on the Real-World Scenario of the Different Paediatric Subspecialties

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Antibiotics are prescribed for children both in hospital and community settings, particularly at preschool age. Italy shows a high rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions which may represent a serious problem in the hospital scenario ...
Chiara Nasso, Alessandro Scarfone, Igor Pirrotta, Michelangelo Rottura, Domenico Antonio Giorgi, Giovanni Pallio, Natasha Irrera, Violetta Squadrito, Francesco Squadrito, Pierangela Irrera, Vincenzo Arcoraci, Domenica Altavilla   +11 more
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Reducing inappropriate outpatient antibiotic prescribing: normative comparison using unblinded provider reports

BMJ Open Quality, 2019
Importance Antibiotic resistance is a global health issue. Up to 50% of antibiotics are inappropriately prescribed, the majority of which are for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI).Objective To evaluate the impact of unblinded normative comparison
Richard V Milani, Jonathan K Wilt, Jonathan Entwisle, Jonathan Hand, Pedro Cazabon, Jefferson G Bohan   +5 more
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Over- and under-prescribing, and their association with functional disability in older patients at risk of further decline in Germany – a cross-sectional survey conducted as part of a randomised comparative effectiveness trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Older patients at risk of functional decline are frequently affected by polypharmacy. This is associated with a further loss of independence.
Claudia Salm, Julia Sauer, Nadine Binder, Aline Pfefferle, Mario Sofroniou, Gloria Metzner, Erik Farin-Glattacker, Sebastian Voigt-Radloff, Andy Maun   +8 more
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Knowledge among Drug Dispensers and Antimalarial Drug Prescribing Practices in Public Health Facilities in Dar es Salaam. [PDF]

, 2013
Irrational prescribing and dispensing of antimalarials has been identified as a contributing factor in the emergence of malaria parasites resistant to existing antimalarial drugs.
Kamuhabwa AA, Silumbe R, Kamuhabwa, Appolinary Ar, Silumbe, Richard   +3 more
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Inappropriate prescribing in outpatient healthcare: an evaluation of respiratory infection visits among veterans in teaching versus non-teaching primary care clinics

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2017
A recent study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed at least 30% of antibiotic prescriptions in the outpatient setting were inappropriate.
Diane M. Parente, Tristan T. Timbrook, Aisling R. Caffrey, Kerry L. LaPlante   +3 more
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Multimorbidity or polypharmacy: two sides of the same coin? [PDF]

, 2015
Polypharmacy, broadly defined as the chronic co-prescription of several drugs [1], has long been recognized as problematic. The greater the number of medicines a patient takes, the greater the risk of adverse effects of any one medicine, and the greater ...
Carol Sinnott, Sinnott, Carol, Bradley, Colin P., Colin P. Bradley   +3 more
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Ophthalmic Antimicrobial Prescribing in Australian Healthcare Facilities

Antibiotics, 2022
The National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) is a web-based, standardized tool, widely adopted in Australian healthcare facilities to assess the reasons for, the quantity of, and the quality of antimicrobial prescribing.
Xin Fang, Noleen Bennett, Courtney Ierano, Rodney James, Karin Thursky   +4 more
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