Table 1.
Completeness Scores for Information Sources Based on Name, Dose, and Frequency of Medications Taken before Admission
| No. of Medications |
Source; Median Completeness Score,% (IQR) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admission History | Prescription Database | Community Pharmacy* | Informed Interview† | |
| Prescription and nonprescription medications | ||||
| All patients (n = 99) | 51 (23–100) | 40 (0–100) | 64 (42–87) | 100 (88–100) |
| No medications (n = 23) | 100 (100–100) | 100 (100–100) | NA | 100 (100–100) |
| 1–3 medications (n = 45) | 33 (0–50) | 0 (0–22) | 83 (53–100) | 100 (89–100) |
| ≥ 4 medications (n = 31) | 40 (25–63) | 33 (0–36) | 61 (42–79) | 100 (90–100) |
| At least 1 medication (n = 76) | 33 (4–56) | 0 (0–37) | 67 (42–87) | 100 (90–100) |
| Prescription medications only | ||||
| All patients (n = 99) | 100 (58–100) | 100 (50–100) | 85 (63–100) | 100 (100–100) |
| No medications (n = 50) | 100 (100–100) | 100 (100–100) | NA | 100 (100–100) |
| 1–3 medications (n = 37) | 50 (33–83) | 50 (0–100) | 78 (47–100) | 100 (100–100) |
| ≥ 4 medications (n = 12) | 60 (55–81) | 46 (11–61) | 92 (73–97) | 96 (75–100) |
| At least 1 medication (n = 49) | 57 (33–80) | 50 (0–100) | 78 (58–100) | 100 (94–100) |
IQR = interquartile range, NA = not applicable.
*
Overall, data from a community pharmacy were available for only 24 of the 99 patients. For patients without data from a community pharmacy, no score was recorded for this information source.
†
Informed interviews could not be conducted for 16 of the 99 patients. For these patients, the completeness score for this information source was recorded as 0%.