Table 4.
Cross-tabulation of patients by presence of medication on hospital discharge summary and in the GP prescribing record at 6 months following hospitalisation
| Medication group | GP record | GP record | GP record | GP record | |||||
| Antithrombotics (B01) (n=1991)* |
Lipid-lowering (C10) (n=1954) * |
Thyroid meds (H03) (n=456) * |
Respiratory inhalers (R03) (n=757) * |
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| Absent | Present | Absent | Present | Absent | Present | Absent | Present | ||
| Hospital discharge | Absent | 113 (10.55%) | 958 (89.45%) | 123 (10.35%) | 1065 (89.65%) | 16 (6.67%) | 224 (93.33%) | 65 (14.19%) | 393 (85.81%) |
| Hospital discharge | Present | 78 (8.48%) | 842 (91.52%) | 63 (8.22%0 | 703 (91.78%) | 8 (3.70%) | 208 (96.30%) | 17 (5.69%) | 282 (94.31%) |
*Patients with medication discontinued at hospital discharge excluded.
GP, general practitioner.