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Research type:

 Primary Research (e.g. trial) 

Title (lead author) etc:

 Clinical medication review by a pharmacist of patients on repeat prescriptions in general practice: a randomised controlled trial  (Zermansky) 86 pages, Volume 6, number 20

DOI

 10.3310/hta6200
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Outputs from this project

  • Petty, DR; Zermansky, AG; Raynor, DK; Vail, A; Lowe, CJ; Freemantle, N; Buttress, AD. "No thank you": Why elderly patients declined to participate in a research study. Pharmacy World & Science 2000; 22(4):140-146.
  • Lowe, CJ; Petty, DR; Zermansky, AG; Raynor, DK. Development of a methodology for clinical medication review by a pharmacist in general pratice. Pharmacy World and Science 2000;22(4):121-126.
  • Petty, DR; Zermansky, AG; Lowe, CJ; Raynor, DK. Pharmacist-conducted clinical medication review clinic: consultation generator or saver?. Pharmaceutical Journal 2000; Vol: 265(7114): R29.
  • Petty, DR; Zermansky, AG; Raynor, DK; Vail, A; Lowe, CJ; Freemantle, N; Buttress, AD. "No thank you": Why elderly patients declined to participate in a research study. Pharmacy and World Science 2001; 23(1): 22-27.
  • Petty, DR; Zermansky, AG; Raynor, DK; Lowe, CJ; Vail, A; Freemantle, N. Clinical medication review by a pharmacist of patients on repeat presciptions in general practice. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2001;9(Suppl):R47.
  • Medication reviews by pharmacists are better than those done by GPs. The Pharmaceutical Journal 2001;267(7177):805-809 (news summary).
  • Zermansky, AG; Petty, DR; Raynor, DK; Freemantle, N; Vail, A; Lowe, CJ. Randomised controlled trial of clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly patients receiving repeat prescriptions in general practice. British Medical Journal 2001; 323(7325):1340-1343.
  • Petty, DR; Zermansky, AG; Raynor, DK. Evidence shows medication review by pharmacists point way forward. The Pharmaceutical Journal 2001;267(7178) 863-864.
  • Petty, DR; Zermansky, AG; Raynor, DK; Lowe, CJ; Freemantle, N; Vail, A. Clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly patients on repeat medications in general practice - pharmacist interventions and review outcomes. The International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2002;10:39-45.

 

Project ref:

 93/22/09 

Original project title:

 Clinical medication review by a pharmacist of patients on repeat prescriptions in general practice 

Chief Investigator:

 Dr Arnold Zermansky, Portfolio GP and Senior Research Fellow, ,

Start Date:

 March 1999  

Date of publication in HTA journal series

 August 2002

Cost:

 £159,345 

MeSH* index primary terms:

 DRUGS-PRESCRIPTION; PHYSICIAN'S-PRACTICE-PATTERNS; PHARMACY; INTERPROFESSIONAL-RELATIONS; FAMILY-PRACTICE (* = Medical Subject Headings)

MeSH* index secondary terms:

 HUMAN; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL  (* = Medical Subject Headings)

ISRCTN* number:

ISRCTN 77150103 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) 
URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website:
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN77150103 

NRR* number, if applicable:

 N0484035670 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.

Project Protocol:

 Project protocol not available

Printed copies of this title despatched:

 281 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)

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