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Drug-related problems (DRPs) are well known as a frequent cause of morbidity, hospital admission and mortality. A systematic review conducted in 2002 found that 7.1 % of hospital admissions resulted from DRPs,l while the Second National Report on Patient Safety reported in 2003 that 2-4% of all hospital admissions in Australia (and up to 30% of admissions for patients over 75 years of age) were medication-related, Seventy-five percent of these DRPs were considered preventable.' DRPs that cause hospitalisation are likely to have originated during the course of the patient's community-based care; however, many occur in the community setting and donot result in presentation to a hospital. Pharmacists are frequently involved in preventing, detecting and resolving DRPs during the course of their activities. This DRP detection and resolution process can be termed a clinical intervention. Although studies have been conducted in North America3·9 and Europe.":" there is far less information available concerning the nature and frequency of community pharmacists' clinical interventions in Australia

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	document clinical interventions PROMISe
Research Division:	Medical and Health Sciences
Research Group:	Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Field:	Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
Objective Division:	Health
Objective Group:	Health and Support Services
Objective Field:	Diagnostic Methods
UTAS Author:	Williams, Mackenzie (Dr Mackenzie Williams)
UTAS Author:	Peterson, GM (Professor Gregory Peterson)
UTAS Author:	Tenni, PC (Dr Peter Tenni)
UTAS Author:	Bereznicki, LRE (Professor Luke Bereznicki)
ID Code:	57704
Year Published:	2009
Deposited By:	Pharmacy
Deposited On:	2009-08-10
Last Modified:	2010-10-06
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