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. 2017 Oct 4;2017(10):CD003942. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003942.pub3
No. Search terms Results
S1 MH Medication errors 8,902
S2 TI ((medication review or medication reconciliation)) OR AB ((medication review or medication reconciliation)) 1,484
S3 MH "Drug Therapy+" AND (TI adverse event# OR AB adverse event#) 2,408
S4 TI (((problem# or hospitali#ation# or mortality or morbidity or illness*) N2 (drug related or drug induced))) OR AB (((problem# or hospitali#ation# or mortality or morbidity or illness*) N2 (drug related or drug induced))) 512
S5 TI (((error# or mistake# or wrong or adverse event# or near miss or near misses or never event# or incorrect* or inappropriat*) N3 (drug# or dose or doses or dosage or dosing or pharmaceutical or medication# or prescription# or prescribing))) OR AB (((error# or mistake# or wrong or adverse event# or near miss or near misses or never event# or incorrect* or inappropriat*) N3 (drug# or dose or doses or dosage or dosing or pharmaceutical or medication# or prescription# or prescribing))) 6,946
S6 TI ((dispensing N2 (error# or mistake# or wrong))) OR AB ((dispensing N2 (error# or mistake# or wrong))) 62
S7 ((MH Mortality) AND (MH Drug therapy OR MH Prescriptions, Drug OR MH Drugs, Prescription OR MH Dosage Calculation OR MH Drugs, Off‐Label OR MH "Drug Therapy, Combination" OR MH "Drug Therapy, Computer‐Assisted" OR MH Polypharmacy)) OR (TI ((((preventable or avoidable or prescrib* or medication) N2 error#) or mistake# or wrong or incorrect* or inappropriat*)) OR AB ((((preventable or avoidable or prescrib* or medication) N2 error#) or mistake# or wrong or incorrect* or inappropriat*))) 20,695
S8 S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 31,409
S9 MH Primary Health Care OR MH Family practice 43,304
S10 TI (((primary N4 (care or healthcare)) or ((General or family) N2 practice))) OR AB (((primary N4 (care or healthcare)) or ((General or family) N2 practice))) 47,581
S11 MH Community medicine OR MH community health nursing OR MH community health services OR MH community health centers OR MH home health care 49,837
S12 TI ((community care or community healthcare)) OR AB ((community care or community healthcare)) 14,011
S13 MH Ambulatory Care Facilities OR MH Ambulatory Care 9,934
S14 TI (((ambulatory or walk‐in or neighbo#rhood or community) N2 (clinic# or care centre or care centres or care center# or health* centre or health* centres or health* center#))) OR AB (((ambulatory or walk‐in or neighbo#rhood or community) N2 (clinic# or care centre or care centres or care center# or health* centre or health* centres or health* center#))) 4,226
S15 MH Pain Clinics OR MH Nursing Homes OR MH Skilled Nursing Facilities 18,610
S16 TI ((nursing home# or care facility)) OR AB ((nursing home# or care facility)) 22,849
S17 S9 OR S10 OR S11 OR S12 OR S13 OR S14 OR S15 OR S16 162,691
S18 MH Physicians, Family 9,090
S19 TI (((general or family) N2 (practitioner# or physician# or doctor#))) OR AB (((general or family) N2 (practitioner# or physician# or doctor#))) 12,972
S20 (MH nurse practitioners OR MH physician Assistants) AND (TI community OR AB community OR MW community) 834
S21 (TI ((physician# assistant# or doctor# assistant# or physician# extender# or feldsher#)) OR AB ((physician# assistant# or doctor# assistant# or physician# extender# or feldsher#))) AND ((TI community OR AB community OR MW community)) 170
S22 S18 OR S19 OR S20 OR S21 20,115
S23 MH Pharmacists OR MH Pharmacy Technicians OR MH Drug Information Services OR MH Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems 6,238
S24 TI medication review OR AB medication review 1,119
S25 TI (pharmaceutical care or pharmacy or pharmacies or pharmacist# or prescriber# or prescribing or prescription# or drug therapy) 19,149
S26 AB ((pharmacist# or prescription# or prescribing or medication#) N3 (consult* or review* or service or services)) 2,074
S27 TI (((medication# or prescrib* or pharmac*) N2 (manage# or management or service# or system#))) OR AB (((medication# or prescrib* or pharmac*) N2 (manage# or management or service# or system#))) 6,368
S28 TI ((drug# assess* or drug# audit# or drug# reconcil*)) OR AB ((drug# assess* or drug# audit# or drug# reconcil*)) 2,283
S29 TI ((("drug therapy" or dosage# or dose# or medication# or prescription# or prescrib* or pharmacist# or pharmaceutical care) N2 (managing or management or monitor*))) OR AB ((("drug therapy" or dosage# or dose# or medication# or prescription# or prescrib* or pharmacist# or pharmaceutical care) N2 (managing or management or monitor*))) 3,702
S30 TI (((improv* or optimi#ing or optimi#e# or optimal*) and (dosing or dosage))) OR AB (((improv* or optimi#ing or optimi#e# or optimal*) N2 (pharmaceutical care or pharmacy or prescrib* or prescript*))) 846
S31 TI (((drug therapy or drug regime# or medication# or medicineS or pharmacy or pharmacist# or pharmaceutical or PRESCRIB* or prescription#) N2 (audit* or monitor* or reconcil* or review#))) OR AB (((drug therapy or drug regime# or medication# or medicineS or pharmacy or pharmacist# or pharmaceutical or PRESCRIB* or prescription#) N2 (audit* or monitor* or reconcil* or review#))) 3,183
S32 MH Drug Utilization 4,070
S33 S23 OR S24 OR S25 OR S26 OR S27 OR S28 OR S29 OR S30 OR S31 OR S32 35,911
S34 TI ((emergency N3 (visit# or room# or clinic# or admission#) N3 (reduc* or fewer or lower))) OR AB ((emergency N3 (visit# or room# or clinic# or admission#) N3 (reduc* or fewer or lower))) 412
S35 TI reduc* hospital admissions OR AB reduc* hospital admissions 552
S36 TI ((readmission# N3 (reduc* or fewer or lower))) OR AB ((readmission# N3 (reduc* or fewer or lower))) 989
S37 MH Readmission AND (TI (((hospital admission# or (readmit* or readmission#)) N3 (reduc* or fewer or lower))) OR AB (((hospital admission# or (readmit* or readmission#)) N3 (reduc* or fewer or lower)))) 725
S38 S34 OR S35 OR S36 OR S37 1,902
S39 S8 and S17 2,345
S40 S8 and S22 464
S41 S33 and S17 4,462
S42 S33 and S22 945
S43 S33 and S38 102
S44 S39 OR S40 OR S41 OR S42 OR S43 6,625
S45 (MM "Clinical Trials+") OR (MH "Multicenter Studies") 23,509
S46 TI (“clinical study” or “clinical studies”) or AB (“clinical study” or “clinical studies”) 8,089
S47 TI random* or AB random* 130,238
S48 TI (control group or control groups OR control* experiment* or control* design or controlled study) OR AB (control group OR control groups or control* cohort* or controlled experiment* controlled design or controlled study) 58,722
S49 TI (cluster N2 trial* or cluster N2 study or cluster N2 group or cluster N2 groups or cluster N2 cohort or cluster N2 design or cluster N2 experiment*) OR AB (cluster N2 trial* or cluster N2 study or cluster N2 group or cluster N2 groups or cluster N2 cohort or cluster N2 design or cluster N2 experiment*) 2,286
S50 TI multicentre or multicenter or multi‐centre or multi‐center 25,954
S51 AB ((multicent* n2 design*) or (multicent* n2 study) or (multicent* n2 studies) or (multicent* n2 trial*)) or AB ((multi‐cent* n2 design*) or (multi‐cent* n2 study) or (multi‐cent* n2 studies) or (multi‐cent* n2 trial*)) 8,384
S52 TI controlled AND TI (trial or trials or study or experiment* or intervention) 23,532
S53 S45 OR S46 OR S47 OR S48 OR S49 OR S50 OR S51 OR S52 192,373
S54 S44 and S53 835
S55 TI ((((medication or drug) N2 event) and ((primary N2 care) or ((family or general) N2 (practice or practitioner#))))) OR AB ((((medication or drug) N2 event) and ((primary N2 care) or ((family or general) N2 (practice or practitioner#))))) 58
S56 S54 OR S55 871
S57 S56 Limiters ‐ Exclude MEDLINE records 116