Outcome measures were prescribing appropriateness, health-related quality of life, adverse drug events, medication compliance and knowledge, number of medications, patient satisfaction, and physician receptivity.
Outcome measures were prescribing rates and proportion of non-penicillin V prescribing at the group level before and after the intervention, compared with equivalent data from the control arm.
For deficiencies, necessary control measures are prescribed.
FGA = first generation antipsychotic; SGA = second generation antipsychotic; *not measured; †all patients were prescribed a new treatment at baseline; medication use is extensive in this population, therefore not all used medication is included in this table (e.g. benzodiazepines).
Several medications were prescribed.
Uses of a substance that result in a risk characterisation ratio (RCR - quotient of exposure level and effect level) below 1 are considered to be safe, while RCR > 1 will require additional measures to be prescribed in the exposure scenario in order to define an acceptable risk.
But security professionals stress that security measures can only be prescribed on a case-by-case basis.
Patients who had only had a stroke were less likely to have had their cholesterol measured, controlled or to be prescribed a statin than patients with CHD.
The Department of Health said it would shortly publish a five-year action plan to tackle the issues of antibiotic resistance raised in the report, which will include measures to ensure the drugs are prescribed only when they are needed.
