title: Predictors of quality of medication prescribing in primary care in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: Identifying the indicators of good quality medication prescribing assists physicians in preventing medication errors. This study in Riyadh city aimed to examine the relationship between physicians' self-reported influences on prescribing and the quality of their prescribing, defined as the completeness and accuracy of their prescription documentation. A sample of 600 randomly selected prescriptions written by 87 physicians were rated as high or low quality. The same physicians completed a questionnaire to determine the indicators of quality prescribing. The 7 components identified with factor loadings +0.5 or -0.5 were subjected to binary logistic regression modelling. While a range of potential quality indicators of drug prescribing were identified, none of the variables underpinning the 7components/factors survived the binary logistic regression mode. More studies are needed that take into account other quality indicators of medication prescribing in Saudi Arabia.
authors: General Directorate for Quality Development, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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authors: Neyaz
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authors: Khoja
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authors: Qureshi
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authors: Magzoub
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authors: Haycox
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authors: Walley
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires