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Table 2 Type of documentation of prescription changes, divided by the type of prescription change (start, stop, dose/frequency change and switch)

From: In-hospital prescription changes and documentation in the medical records of the primary care provider: results from a medical record review study

 

Correct documentation

Correct notation in prescription overview of PCP

Correct notation in free text fields

Inadequate documentation

Incorrect/no notation in prescription overview of PCP; Correct notation in free text fields

OR

Correct notation in prescription overview of PCP; Incorrect notation in free text fields

No documentation

Incorrect/no notation in prescription overview of PCP

Incorrect/no notation in free text fields

Total number of changes:

n = 408 (100%)

86 (21.1%)

196 (48.0%)

126 (30.9%)

Type of change within the types of documentation

 Starta

n = 220 (53.9%)

43/86 (50.0%)e

117/196 (59.7%)

60/126 (47.6%)

 Stopb

n = 77 (18.9%)

21/86 (24.4%)

43/196 (22.0%)

13/126 (10.3%)

 Dose/freq changec

n = 87 (21.3%)

17/86 (19.8%)

24/196 (12.2%)

46/126 (36.5%)

 Switchd

n = 24 (5.9%)

5/86 (5.8%)

12/196 (6.1%)

7/126 (5.6%)

  1. PCP primary care provider
  2. aA new medication was added
  3. bA medication was stopped
  4. cThe dose or frequency of a medication was changed
  5. dThere was a switch from one medication to another in the same medication group
  6. ePercentages shown are the type of change (e.g. “Start”) divided by the total number of changes in this particular type of documentation (e.g. “Correct documentation”)