Table 4

Type of discrepancies between the medication records from the general practitioner and from the home-care services before and after the implementation of multidose drug dispensing

Type of discrepancyNo of discrepancies before implementation, N=203No of discrepancies after implementation, N=133
Prescription lacking in the record from the general practitioner83 (41%)49 (37%)
Prescription lacking in the record from the home-care services0 (34%)29 (22%)
Different dosage30 (15%)32 (24%)
Fixed prescription versus prescribed as required7 (4%)4 (3%)
Different dose frequency*3 (1%)6 (4%)
Missing information4 (2%)7 (5%)
Others6 (3%)6 (4%)
Total203 (100%)133 (100%)
  • * Different dose frequency but the same total daily dose, for example 50 mg×2 versus 100 mg×1.

  • Missing information about type of formulation or drug dose in the prescription.