[Does the consumption of drugs change among nursing home residents after an intervention by systematic visits of "family physicians"?].
The aim of the study was to investigate whether an intervention by the patient's general practitioner (GP) changes the consumption of medicine in nursing homes. It was designed as an intervention study including 111 inhabitants in nursing homes in a municipality (Odder). All the general practitioners in this local authority visited and evaluated their own patients. It was found that there were great variations in the consumption of medicine between nursing homes. Sixty-six percent of the inhabitants had their prescriptions changed after the intervention. Thirty-six percent had their prescriptions stopped and 30% received a new prescription. It is concluded that a single visit with a special focus on medicine consumption by the GP caused a large number of changes in the residents' consumption of medicine in nursing homes.
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Aarhus Universitet, Institut for Almen Medicin.
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D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
Aendres medicinforbruget hos plejehjemsbeboere efter en intervention med systematisk gennemført besøg af "egen laege"?