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A survey of concurrent drug therapy among day unit patients
C Whitehead1, L D Sanders, M Rosen
1Department of Anaesthetics, University of Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff.
The British Journal of Clinical Practice
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
In order to assess the reliability of drug information supplied by day-stay cases, 85 consecutive patients were interviewed. A comparison of the interview answers with the details previously volunteered during the admission procedure showed an increase of 80% in the information given by the patient. While the detailed interviewing technique is time-consuming and may not be infallible, this substantial increase in information highlights problems in the current routine.