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. 2007 Aug;3(4):695–703.

Table 7.

Interventions with an impact on decreasing morbidity

Intervention Number of recommendations estimated to decrease morbidity % of all morbidity reducing recommendations
Indication w/o a medication 85 31%
Existing allergy, reaction 22 8%
Vaccines missing 21 8%
Med w/o indication 15 5%
Potential drug/food/disease interaction 15 5%
Patient counseling 15 5%
Medication selection 15 5%
Appropriate dosing 13 5%
Duplicate therapy 13 5%
Subtherapeutic dosing 11 4%
Supratherapeutic dosing 10 4%
Renal/hepatic dosing 10 4%
Guideline only 9 3%
Notable adverse drug reaction 8 3%
New alergy identified 4 1%
Dose adjustment for drug interaction 2 1%
Route change 2 1%
Allergy Information updated/deleted 1 0%
Patient allergic to original med 1 0%
Patient cannot afford original med 1 0%
Nonformulary/insurance issue 0 0%
Total 273 100%