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(1) Why prescribing data are monitored
In the first of four articles on measuring prescribing, Helen
Kendall focuses on the provision of prescribing information within
the NHS. Examples are drawn from systems used in primary care
in England, but similar systems for providing information are
in place in Scotland and Wales
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60K)
Pharmaceutical Journal, 3-10 January 2004, 21-22. Vol 272, no
7281
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(2) Ways for prescribing to be measured
In the second of four articles on measuring prescribing, Suzanne
Jones, Susan Holdsworth and Helen Kendall describe the units
used in the Prescription Pricing
Authority's prescribing reports and information systems and explain how prescribing
data are standardised
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150K)
Pharmaceutical Journal, 17 January 2004, 58-60. Vol 272, no 7282
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(3) Codes and systems used for reporting and sharing prescribing information
Suzanne Jones, Susan Holdsworth and Helen Kendall describe the prescribing reports
and information systems available in England. Other reporting systems exist in
Scotland (eg, Scottish Prescribing Analysis) and Wales (eg, Prescribing Audit
Reports and Catalogues)
(PDF*
210K)
Pharmaceutical Journal, 24 January 2004, 91-93. Vol 272, no 7283
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(4) Examples of how to use PACT reports
In this final article in our series on measuring prescribing, Suzanne Jones and
Helen Kendall describe the information available in PACT reports and catalogues
and show how it can be used to change prescribing practices for the better
(PDF*
80K)
Pharmaceutical Journal, 31 January 2004, 123-125. Vol 272, no 7284
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