Pharmacist-led clinical medication review service in primary care: the perspective of general practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An advanced level medication review service (CMR) is systematically reimbursed and available nationwide in Slovenian primary care since 2016. CMR is performed by clinical pharmacists (CP). Close collaboration with general practitioner (GP) is required as they perform patient selection and make clinical decisions regarding patient's medication.

Methods

A prospective observational study was conducted in 2018 aiming to evaluate the perspective of GPs on the implementation of pharmacist-led medication review service in Community Health Care Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia. GPs of the patients, who provided written informed consent were invited for the interviews. The semi-structured interview consisted of 5 open ended questions addressing reasons for referral of the patien

SUBMITTER: Nabergoj Makovec U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9832745 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature