Non-dispensing pharmacists' actions and solutions of drug therapy problems among elderly polypharmacy patients in primary care.

Ankie C M Hazen; Dorien L M Zwart; Judith M. Poldervaart; Johan J. de Gier; Niek J. de Wit; Antoinette A. de Bont; Marcel L. Bouvy

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Non-dispensing pharmacists' actions and solutions of drug therapy problems among elderly polypharmacy patients in primary care.

November 6, 2019

Hazen ACM, Zwart DLM, Poldervaart JM, et al. Fam Pract. 2019;36(5):544-551.

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This cross-sectional study examined how and to what extent non-dispensing pharmacists embedded in a general practice reported solving medication problems through clinical medication reviews in an elderly cohort of patients. The reviews identified 1,292 drug therapy problems, citing overtreatment most frequently (24%) followed by undertreatment (21%) errors. Integrating non-dispensing pharmacists into general practice may help identify and solve drug therapy problems in the elderly in this setting.

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