Table 2.
Completeness Scores for Information Sources Based Solely on Names 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) | 75 (33–100) | 50 (0–100) | 69 (51–100) | 100 (100–100) |
| No medications (n = 23) | 100 (100–100) | 100 (100–100) | NA | 100 (100–100) |
| 1–3 medications (n = 45) | 50 (0–100) | 0 (0–50) | 100 (92–100) | 100 (100–100) |
| ≥ 4 medications (n = 31) | 54 (33–75) | 33 (9–51) | 59 (50–74) | 100 (100–100) |
| At least 1 medication (n = 76) | 50 (11–83) | 21 (0–50) | 69 (51–100) | 100 (100–100) |
| Prescription medications only | ||||
| All patients (n = 99) | 100 (100–100) | 100 (90–100) | 100 (85–100) | 100 (100–100) |
| No medications (n = 50) | 100 (100–100) | 100 (100–100) | NA | 100 (100–100) |
| 1–3 medications (n = 37) | 100 (67–100) | 100 (0–100) | 100 (100–100) | 100 (100–100) |
| ≥ 4 medications (n = 12) | 75 (61–98) | 50 (3–79) | 100 (79–100) | 100 (100–100) |
| At least 1 medication (n = 49) | 100 (61–100) | 100 (0–100) | 100 (80–100) | 100 (100–100) |
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 nformation source was recorded as 0%.