Examining variations in prescribing safety in UK general practice: cross sectional study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink

QR Code

Examining variations in prescribing safety in UK general practice: cross sectional study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink

Study question: What is the prevalence of different types of potentially hazardous prescribing in general practice in the United Kingdom, and what is the variation between practices? Methods: A cross sectional study included all adult patients potentially at risk of a prescribing or monitoring er...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Stocks, S. Jill, Kontopantelis, Evangelos, Akbarov, Artur, Rodgers, Sarah, Avery, Anthony J., Ashcroft, Darren M.
Format:	Article
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41375/

Similar Items

Antipsychotic prescribing to patients diagnosed with dementia without a diagnosis of psychosis in the context of national guidance and drug safety warnings: longitudinal study in UK general practice
by: Stocks, S. Jill, et al.
Published: (2017)

Primary care medication safety surveillance with integrated primary and secondary care electronic health records: a cross-sectional study
by: Akbarov, Artur, et al.
Published: (2015)

The incidence, prevalence and mortality of granulomatosis with polyangiitis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink
by: Pearce, Fiona A., et al.
Published: (2016)

The incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink
by: Royle, Jeremy G., et al.
Published: (2018)

Evaluation of a pharmacist-led intervention to reduce prescribing costs in general practice
by: Rodgers, Sarah
Published: (2005)

Research into practice: safe prescribing
by: Avery, Anthony J., et al.
Published: (2014)

Processing of discharge summaries in general practice: a retrospective record review
by: Spencer, Rachel, et al.
Published: (2018)

Pharmacists working in general practice: can they help tackle the current workload crisis?
by: Avery, Anthony J.
Published: (2017)

Prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-malignant pain in general practice - a survey of attitudes and practice
by: Blake, Holly, et al.
Published: (2015)

Prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-malignant pain in general practice - a survey of attitudes and practice
by: Blake, Holly, et al.
Published: (2014)

Predictors of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Australian General Practice / Primary Care Settings
by: Harrison, Amy Elizabeth
Published: (2023)

Description and process evaluation of pharmacists' interventions in a pharmacist-led information technology-enabled multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial for reducing medication errors in general practice (PINCER trial)
by: Howard, Rachel, et al.
Published: (2014)

Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
by: Pearce, Fiona A., et al.
Published: (2018)

Antibiotic use in the general population in Rupandehi district of Nepal and factors associated with prescribing practices
by: Nepal, Anant Kumar
Published: (2020)

Prescribing practices for intravenous aminoglycosides in UK cystic fibrosis clinics: a questionnaire survey
by: Smyth, Alan R., et al.
Published: (2014)

A validation study of the CirCom comorbidity score in an English cirrhosis population using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
by: Crooks, Colin J., et al.
Published: (2018)

Patients’ evaluations of patient safety in English general practices: a cross-sectional study
by: Ricci-Cabello, Ignacio, et al.
Published: (2017)

Prescribing practices of Australian dispensing doctors
by: Lim, Chee Kiat (David)
Published: (2010)

Building a patient safety toolkit for use in general practice
by: Bell, Brian, et al.
Published: (2016)

Recurrence risk of venous thromboembolism and hormone use in women from England: a cohort study using clinical practice research datalink
by: Kiconco, Sylvia, et al.
Published: (2017)

Discovering sequential patterns in a UK general practice database
by: Reps, Jenna, et al.
Published: (2012)

Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out: a primary care cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink
by: Abhishek, Abhishek, et al.
Published: (2018)

Learning to prescribe – pharmacists' experiences of supplementary prescribing training in England
by: Cooper, Richard J., et al.
Published: (2008)

Marked variation in newborn resuscitation practice: a national survey in the UK
by: Mann, Chantelle, et al.
Published: (2012)

The epidemiology of injuries in epilepsy and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and young people using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and linked data
by: Prasad, Vibhore
Published: (2016)

Understanding the implementation and adoption of an information technology intervention to support medicine optimisation in primary care: qualitative study using strong structuration theory
by: Jeffries, Mark, et al.
Published: (2017)

An evaluation of prescribing practices for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Mongolia
by: Dorj, Gereltuya, et al.
Published: (2013)

Association between benzodiazepine use and exacerbations and mortality in patients with asthma: a matched case-control and survival analysis using the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink
by: Nakafero, Georgina, et al.
Published: (2015)

Medication prescribing safety incidents in primary care
by: Muhammad, Khalid W., et al.
Published: (2017)

MCQ in general practice
Published: (2007)

Variations in chemoprophylaxis for meningococcal disease: a retrospective case note review, analysis of routine prescribing data and questionnaire of general practitioners
by: Marks, P.J., et al.
Published: (2001)

Polypharmacy in Psychiatry: An Exploratory Study Examining Strategies to Improve Prescribing Practices
by: Nguyen, My Linh
Published: (2024)

Paediatric rational prescribing: a study of paediatric rational prescribing tools and development of a novel tool for the UK
by: Corrick, Fenella J.
Published: (2021)

Which symptomatic patients merit urgent referral for colonoscopy? A UK general practice perspective
by: Jiwa, Moyez, et al.
Published: (2007)

Essential prescribing tips for GP Associates-in-Training
by: Gookey, Gill, et al.
Published: (2018)

Communities of practice: Quality improvement or research in general practice
by: Jiwa, Moyez, et al.
Published: (2011)

General laboratory safety practices
by: Ngah, Nurziana
Published: (2011)

Does general practice Google?
by: Sim, Moira, et al.
Published: (2008)

Understanding the implementation and adoption of a technological intervention to improve medication safety in primary care: a realist evaluation
by: Jeffries, Mark, et al.
Published: (2017)

Investigating the detection of adverse drug events in a UK general practice electronic health-care database
by: Reps, Jenna, et al.
Published: (2011)