The primary care workload and prescribing costs associated with patients with learning disability discharged from long-stay care to the community.
By: Ruth Chambers.
Series: British Journal of Learning Disabilities 26 (1) 1998: 9-12.Publisher: 1998Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): COMMUNITY CARE | COSTS | MEDICATIONS | PRIMARY HEALTH CARESummary: 136 patients with learning disability were discharged from a long stay hospital to the community and were registered with a total of 21 practices. This study estimated the additional general practice workload and prescribing costs incurred by the transferred patients, compared with age/sex matched controls from the same practices. The workload was recorded prospectively. General practitioners agreed that six monthly health checks and medication reviews should be standard good practice primary healthcare for those with learning disability. Only three practices undertook proactive six monthly health and medication reviews of all study patients.[AJ].Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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136 patients with learning disability were discharged from a long stay hospital to the community and were registered with a total of 21 practices. This study estimated the additional general practice workload and prescribing costs incurred by the transferred patients, compared with age/sex matched controls from the same practices. The workload was recorded prospectively. General practitioners agreed that six monthly health checks and medication reviews should be standard good practice primary healthcare for those with learning disability. Only three practices undertook proactive six monthly health and medication reviews of all study patients.[AJ].
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