Acceptability of a short list of essential medicines to patients and prescribers: Multimethod study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the acceptability of providing free access to only a short list of medicines used in the Carefully seLected and Easily Accessible at No charge Medications (CLEAN Meds) trial.

Design

A multimethod explanatory sequential design including interviews with trial participants and focus groups with prescribers.

Setting

Ontario.

Participants

Participants in the intervention arm of the CLEAN Meds trial and primary care providers who prescribed medicines to those in the intervention arm of the trial.

Main outcome measures

The number of trial participants in each prescription category (ie, prescribed no off-list medicine, prescribed 1 off-list medicine, or prescribed 2 or more off-list medicines) and the acceptability of the list to both part

SUBMITTER: Ally MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842143 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature