Abstract
Although prescription of gastroprotective medications to elderly patients who receive NSAIDs increased in The Netherlands, they are not co-prescribed in about half of the indicated cases. Brand of EMR system is associated with differences in prescription of gastroprotective medication. Optimal design and utilization of EMRs is a potential area of intervention to improve quality of prescription.
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Medical prescriptionMedicineGuidelineElectronic medical recordMedical recordBrand namesInternal medicineEmergency medicinePharmacology
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- 10
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- 6
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- e0129515-e0129515
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Dedan Opondo,
Stefan Visscher,
Saeid Eslami
et al.
(2015).
Quality of Co-Prescribing NSAID and Gastroprotective Medications for Elders in The Netherlands and Its Association with the Electronic Medical Record.
PLoS ONE
, 10
(6)
, e0129515-e0129515.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129515
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0129515