Costs, consequences and value for money in non-medical prescribing: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Non-medical prescribing (NMP) is a key feature of the UK healthcare system that refers to the legal prescribing rights granted to nurses, pharmacists and other non-medical healthcare professionals who have completed an approved training programme. NMP is deemed to facilitate better patient care and timely access to medicine. The aim of this scoping review is to identify, synthesise and report the evidence on the costs, consequences and value for money of NMP provided by non-medical healthcare professionals.

Design

Scoping review DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, PubMed, ISI Web of Science and Google Scholar were systematically searched from 1999 to 2021.

Eligibility criteria

Peer-reviewed and grey literature written in English were included.

SUBMITTER: Babashahi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163523 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature