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. 2019 Mar 20;9(3):e019186. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019186

Table 3.

Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and potential prescription omissions (PPOs) identified by POPI

Hospital
N (%)
Community
N (%)
Number of prescriptions (N) 18 562 4780
  PIMs identified per prescription
  1 519 (2.8) 551 (11.5)
  2 11 (0.1) 37 (0.8)
  Prescriptions with at least one PIM 530 (2.9) 588 (12.3)
  PPOs identified per prescription
   1 424 (2.3) 293 (6.1)
Number of patients (N) 15 793 2225
  Patients with at least one PIM 530 (3.3) 588 (26.4)
  Patients with at least one PPO 424 (2.7) 251 (11.3)

POPI, Pediatrics: Omission of Prescription and Inappropriate prescription.