Table 3.
Demographics | Average patient age (years) | 69.5 ± 12.1 |
Average number of patient co-morbidities | 7.1 ± 2.4 | |
Average number of medications per patient (prescription and non-prescription) | 9.6 ± 4.0 | |
Pharmacist recommendations | Total number | 807 |
Number recorded as accepted | 329* | |
Medication dose reduction | 147 | |
Medication Cessation | 173 | |
Medication dose increase | 47 | |
New medication added | 85 | |
Suspected adverse drug reaction | 85 | |
Potential drug interaction | 78 | |
Other recommendations | 192 | |
Other actions | Detection and resolution of discrepancies in patient record | 349 |
* Pharmacist 2 did not record the number of recommendations accepted.