Table 2.

Levels of medication discrepancies overall, in group 1 (step-up care) and in group 2 (step-down care and recent hospital discharges to care home)

	Group 1: referred by A&E	Group 1: referred by GP	Group 1 total	Group 2	Total
Number of patients	14	25	39	15	54
Number of patients with a medication history recorded on GCIS for group 1/MAR chart for group 2	5	22	27	15	42
Number of medications (as per best possible medication history)	161	256	417	156	573
Mean number of medications per patient	11.5 (range 6 to 21)	10.24 (range 5 to 21)	10.69 (range 5 to 21)	10.4 (range 3 to 22)	10.61 (range 3 to 22)
Total number of medication discrepancies	160	115	275	42	317
Mean discrepancies per patient	11.43 (range 4 to 22)	4.6 (range 0 to 13)	7.05 (range 0 to 22)	2.8 (range 0 to 8)	5.87 (range 0 to 22)
Mean discrepancies per medication	0.99	0.45	0.66	0.27	0.55

A&E, accident and emergency department; GCIS, generic clinical information system; GP, general practitioner; MAR, medication administration record.