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Adherence to the Grampian joint drug formulary in general practice
Author(s) -
Stewart D.,
Milne K.,
Krska J.,
Downie G.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2710
pISSN - 0269-4727
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1996.tb00004.x
Subject(s) - formulary , medicine , drug , clinical practice , general practice , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pharmacology
Summary A joint drug formulary covering both hospital and general practice prescribing has been in existence in Grampian since 1990. The aims of this study were to measure adherence to this formulary in general practice and to identify who had initiated non‐formulary drugs. The drug therapy of elderly patients on presentation to hospital was compared to the formulary. Of the 449 drugs prescribed 377 (84%) were recommended in the formulary. The main areas of non‐formulary prescribing were antidepressants, hypnotics, nitrates and diuretics, with some non‐formulary drugs being initiated by hospital prescribers. The method described was found to be extremely simple and had the advantage that it reflected actual prescribing at the time of the study.