Preventing hospital admissions by reviewing medication (PHARM) in primary care: design of the cluster randomised, controlled, multi-centre PHARM-study

• Main Authors: van den Bogert Sander CA (Author), Goudswaard Alex N (Author), Jonkhoff Andries R (Author), de Koning Fred HP (Author), Leendertse Anne J (Author), de Gier Han J (Author), Egberts Toine CG (Author), van den Bemt Patricia MLA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Medication can be effective but can also be harmful and even cause hospital admissions. Medication review or pharmacotherapy review has often been proposed as a solution to prevent these admissions and to improve the effectiveness an...