Primary care physician responses to requests by older adults for unnecessary drugs: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unnecessary drug use can cause avoidable harm to older adults and is particularly common in primary care, but how primary care physicians (PCPs) respond to older adult requests for unnecessary drugs has not been well studied. This study is to explore PCPs' responses to requests for unnecessary drugs from older adults, and their influencing factors and potential solutions.

Methods

This qualitative study was conducted through semi-structured, in-depth interviews from January 4 to September 30, 2020 using a grounded theory methodology. A purposive sample of PCPs affiliated with community healthcare centers in Zhejiang Province and Guangdong Province, China were recruited. The face-to-face interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and independently coded b

SUBMITTER: Xu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9511742 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature