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Waste Medicines: The influence of repeat prescription ordering by patients
- In: Posters
- At: Amsterdam (the Netherlands) (2012)
- Type: Poster
- Poster code: CPS2-P-52
- By: WOOD, Kay (Aston University, Pharmacy Practice Group, Birmingham, United Kingdom)
- Co-author(s): Sitch, T.J. (Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Riley, A.G. (South East Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Consortium, Tamworth, United Kingdom)
Goldstein, R. (South East Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Consortium, Tamworth, United Kingdom) - Abstract:
Background
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In the UK, it is estimated that about £200 million of prescription medicines are wasted in primary care (excluding care homes) each year, of which 50% if potentially avoidable.1
The aim of this study was to investigate how patients order their medicines, what proportion of dispensed repeat items were needed, and how both may influence The access to the whole abstract and if available the presentation file is available to FIP members and to congress participants of that specific congress.
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