Effectiveness of an intervention for improving drug prescription in primary care patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: study protocol of a cluster randomized clinical trial (Multi-PAP project)

Effectiveness of an intervention for improving drug prescription in primary care patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: study protocol of a cluster randomized clinical trial (Multi-PAP project)

Abstract Background Multimorbidity is associated with negative effects both on people’s health and on healthcare systems. A key problem linked to multimorbidity is polypharmacy, which in turn is associated with increased risk of partly preventable adverse effects, including mortality. The Ariadne pr...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Prados-Torres, Isabel del Cura-González, Daniel Prados-Torres, Juan A. López-Rodríguez, Francisca Leiva-Fernández, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Fernando López-Verde, Luis A. Gimeno-Feliu, Esperanza Escortell-Mayor, Victoria Pico-Soler, Teresa Sanz-Cuesta, Mª Josefa Bujalance-Zafra, Mariel Morey-Montalvo, José Ramón Boxó-Cifuentes, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, José Manuel Fernández-Arquero, Francisca González-Rubio, María D. Ramiro-González, Carlos Coscollar-Santaliestra, Jesús Martín-Fernández, Mª Pilar Barnestein-Fonseca, José María Valderas-Martínez, Alessandra Marengoni, Christiane Muth, Multi-PAP Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Implementation Science
Subjects:
Family Physician
Primary Care Health Centre
Massive Online Open Course
Spanish National Health System
Medication Appropriateness Index
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13012-017-0584-x

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