title: Repeat prescriptions: was Balint right?
abstract: The results of a study of repeat prescriptions in a semi-rural general practice of 2715 patients showed that 97 people had not attended for review of their drug treatment for over 12 months. Nearly 60 patients seemed to elude contact; the motivation for this behaviour was divided between pride and fear. A psychological study showed pronounced phobic features in the group that was most closely aligned to the patients having repeat prescriptions described by the Balint group.
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology