Prescription Accuracy
Room for Improvement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9099156 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Albert I Wertheimer (0000-0002-0098-5677, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, corresponding author), CRAIG RITCHKO (Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo), DAVID W DOUGHERTY (0000-0002-1992-7530, University at Buffalo, State University of New York) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 68-71 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197301000-00008 |
| PMID | 4686969 |
| OpenAlex | W2062318977 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
Five Buffalo, New York physicians provided carbon copies of their written pharmaceutical prescriptions to the investigators. The patients were contacted by telephone and asked to completely read the label of the prescribed medication and to describe the medication itself. It was found that nearly 10 per cent of the sampled (N=223) prescriptions were dispensed with some form of error. Recommendation is made to request patients to bring their currently used medications with them on physician office visits
Family medicine · Medical prescription · Health Sciences Research and Education · Medical Research and Practices · Medicine · Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare · Pharmacology
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 1996 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |