Why was the Australian national medication chart introduced in 2006?
Background In 2006, the National Inpatient Medication Chart (NIMC) was introduced as a uniform medication chart in Australian public hospitals with the aim of reducing pre- scription error. Purpose The rate of regular medication prescription error in the NIMC was assessed.
How prevalent is polypharmacy in Australia?
An analysis of PBS dispensing data found that, between 2006 and 2017, the prevalence of taking five or more medicines increased by 9% (from 33% to 36%) in Australians aged 70 years an over. 29 The prevalence among those aged 8084 years and 8589 years was 44% and 46%, respectively, in 2017.
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by A Atik 2013 Cited by 17 The National Inpatient Medication Chart (NIMC) was introduced as a uniform medication chart in Australian public hospitals with the aim of reducing
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