Do accident and emergency patients collect their prescribed medication?
One month's prescriptions from an accident and emergency department were examined. Of these 16% were found not to have been dispensed by the chemist. The commonest drugs prescribed were antibiotics (60%) and analgesics (22%). Most age groups were guilty of failing to collect drugs--primary non-compliance.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance