First, because as in some studies in which appropriateness had been related to outcomes, the outcomes of the appropriate and uncertain cases seemed similar [ 19, 20].
Care should be taken before generalizing the results of this study to all DUR programs as the effect of those programs depends heavily on the targeted drug, the interventions offered as part of the programs, and on the criterion against which appropriateness is assessed.
In fact, healthcare quality – that is pursued by CG - consists of several measurable dimensions (safety, accessibility, acceptability, appropriateness, provider competence, efficiency, effectiveness and outcomes), one among which is appropriateness of care [ 20, 21].
There are other settings for which the appropriateness of SSM appears questionable.
Initially it will need to be done on a project-by-project basis in which the appropriateness of the method is made explicit.
That one day I'll wake up and be 30 again, an age at which the appropriateness of sparkly eyelids is not so debatable?
The same is not true for withdrawals, for which the appropriateness has to be encoded on a more abstract level.
Pre- and post-analysis of a sample of clinical histories studied retrospectively, in which the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) was applied to a representative hospital sample of 1350 clinical histories in two phases.
The Medication Appropriateness Index (MAI) [ 15] is an implicit tool which measures prescribing appropriateness according to ten criteria including indication, effectiveness, dose, administration, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions and cost.
As discussed, it was not possible to calculate numbers of appropriate decisions for 28 of the 66 studies which assessed decision appropriateness, so we were unable to aggregate all the data.
However, it was possible to pool the data from the studies which assessed decision appropriateness, by focussing on the number of decisions deemed appropriate.
