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 discrepancy | No of discrepancies before implementation, N=203 | No of discrepancies after implementation, N=133 |
| Prescription lacking in the record from the general practitioner | 83 (41%) | 49 (37%) |
| Prescription lacking in the record from the home-care services | 0 (34%) | 29 (22%) |
| Different dosage | 30 (15%) | 32 (24%) |
| Fixed prescription versus prescribed as required | 7 (4%) | 4 (3%) |
| Different dose frequency* | 3 (1%) | 6 (4%) |
| Missing information† | 4 (2%) | 7 (5%) |
| Others | 6 (3%) | 6 (4%) |
| Total | 203 (100%) | 133 (100%) |