[Feedback on prescribing profiles at a primary health center. Important element in quality assurance of drug prescription].
DU90%--the number of drugs that account for 90% of DDDs--and adherence to guidelines in this segment were proposed by the Swedish Medical Quality Council (MKR) as indicators for assessing the quality of drug prescribing. We tested these indicators at a primary health care (PHC) center in Stockholm. Bar-coded prescriptions purchased at pharmacies were compared with the guidelines issued by the regional drug committee. The data were presented and discussed at the PHC center. Although the DU90% method neither examines the appropriateness of use nor provides outcome data, it was shown to be an inexpensive, flexible and simple method for assessing the general quality of drug prescribing.
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Sydvästra läkemedelskommittén i Stockholms läns landsting. Kjell.Nyman@slpo.sll.se
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D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016527:Drug Costs; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004363:Drug Utilization; D010606:Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D013548:Sweden