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3080110

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6513
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the accuracy of both hospital and general practitioners' records of current drug treatment in consecutive patients who attended a general medical review clinic. Either the hospital or the general practitioner's records (obtained in a questionnaire), or both, were inaccurate for over 70% of 59 patients interviewed with their medicine. Most of the errors were due to patients taking drugs in addition to those shown in their records. Some of these were inappropriate, and many seemed unnecessary. It appears that neither hospital doctors nor general practitioners are fully aware which drugs their patients are taking, and this may contribute to overprescribing. We believe that considerable financial savings might be made if patients brought all their medicines to every consultation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0267-0623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
292
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-100
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Doctors' unawareness of the drugs their patients are taking: a major cause of overprescribing?
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't