title: [Intervention to improve the quality of continuing drug prescription at a primary care center].
abstract: An evaluation study has been done on the quality of long-term drugs prescription. The aim was to check the effectiveness of certain corrective measures agreed by the professionals working in a primary care centre. Using the results of a first evaluation made in 1989, a series of recommendations were made to reduce the prescription of drugs with a low intrinsic value (LIV). A further evaluation took place 9 months later. A relative reduction of 20.2% in LIV drugs was obtained. This represented a reduction from 25% to 20.8% of the total number of prescriptions. In the relevant pharmacological subgroups a reduction of 77.9% in the prescription of nitrites linked to barbiturites was obtained; of 60% in LIV antacids; of 50.3% in antivaricose drugs; of 36.1% in LIV laxatives; and of 30.1% in Dipiridamol. There was no improvement in the prescription of external LIVs nor cerebral vasodilators. It is concluded that the intervention has proved its usefulness in the improvement of long-term drugs prescription.
authors.affiliation: CAP La Mina, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mata Cases
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Casas Rodríguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amat Rico
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Avila Ribera
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: López Muñoz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rovira Fontanals
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Intervención de mejora de la calidad de la prescripción farmacológica continuada en un centro de atención primaria.