title: [Selection of quality indicators for primary care prescription through a consensus group].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To work out a system of indicators for improvement of primary care prescription, by incorporating the values and views of the professionals issuing prescriptions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative technique to search for consensus among experts, based on nominal groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  All primary care areas in the Health Service of Aragon, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary care doctors, doctors in primary care management teams, specialists, primary care pharmacists.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two parallel groups involving a total of 24 experts were formed. In the session these questions were posed: "what indicators focusing on the drug and what indicators relating diagnosis and treatment do you think most useful for evaluating prescription quality?" Each panellist put forward indicators that were then discussed and placed on a scale of 1 to 9.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and thirty six indicators were generated, 81 drug-focused and 55 relating diagnosis and treatment; 56% were given a weighting above 5. The 2 groups coincided in 11 cases. The most valued indicators were generally those that brought a greater degree of consensus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is feasible, through this technique, to produce a set of agreed indicators for evaluating primary care doctors' prescription.
authors.affiliation: Farmacia Hospitalaria, Farmacia de Atención Primaria, Dirección Atención Primaria Sector Huesca, Huesca, España. jgarjon@salud.aragon.es
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Garjón Parra
authors.forename: Ana Isabel
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Aller Blanco
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Buisán Giral
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elfau Mairal
authors.forename: María Concepción
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Celaya Lecea
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D032921:Consensus; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations