Effect of nurse practitioner and pharmacist counseling on inappropriate medication use in family practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the effect of nurse practitioner and pharmacist consultations on the appropriate use of medications by patients.

Design

We studied patients in the intervention arm of a randomized controlled trial. The main trial intervention was provision of multidisciplinary team care and the main outcome was quality and processes of care for chronic disease management.

Setting

Patients were recruited from a single publicly funded family health network practice of 8 family physicians and associated staff serving 10 000 patients in a rural area near Ottawa, Ont.

Participants

A total of 120 patients 50 years of age or older who were on the practice roster and who were considered by their family physicians to be at risk of experiencing adverse health outcome

SUBMITTER: Fletcher J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3418988 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature