Title |
Assessing the contribution of prescribing in primary care by nurses and professionals allied to medicine: a systematic review of literature
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, December 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-11-330 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Sadiq Bhanbhro, Vari M Drennan, Robert Grant, Ruth Harris |
Abstract |
Safe and timely access to effective and appropriate medication through primary care settings is a major concern for all countries addressing both acute and chronic disease burdens. Legislation for nurses and other professionals allied to medicine to prescribe exists in a minority of countries, with more considering introducing legislation. Although there is variation in the range of medicines permitted to be prescribed, questions remain as to the contribution prescribing by nurses and professionals allied to medicine makes to the care of patients in primary care and what is the evidence on which clinicians, commissioners of services and policy makers can consider this innovation. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Spain | 3 | 43% |
Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
Scientists | 2 | 29% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 5 | 3% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Ireland | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 178 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 33 | 18% |
Researcher | 28 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
Other | 12 | 6% |
Other | 34 | 18% |
Unknown | 37 | 20% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 41 | 22% |
Social Sciences | 19 | 10% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 12 | 6% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 9 | 5% |
Other | 21 | 11% |
Unknown | 42 | 23% |