Review article
Drug prescribing – daily activity in the work of family physicians
Damir Tabak
; Dom zdravlja Zagreb-Centar
Vesna Tabak
; Specijalistička ordinacija obiteljske medicine Vesna Tabak
Leonardo Bukmir
; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Medicinski fakultet
Tina Zavidić
; Istarski domovi zdravlja
Venija Cerovečki
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Medicinski fakultet, Škola narodnog zdravlja „Andrija Štampar“, Katedra za obiteljsku medicinu, Zagreb; Dom zdravlja Zagreb-Centar, Ordinacija obiteljske medicine
Abstract
Drug prescribing is one of the daily activities in the work of family physicians. The role of family physicians as gate keepers of health care system, personal, professional and moral responsibility and obligation of rational allocation of resources in the health care system affect everyday decision-making in the delivery of health care and drug prescribing. Family physicians’ care for patient as a complete person, is taking into account his/her biological, psychological, social and cultural features. Patients with multimorbidity use more than one drug, what is associated with a higher risk for adverse reactions and interactions and poly pharmacy. The costs for drug prescription are increasing in all developed countries of Europe and world, in Croatia as well. A challenge in the daily work of family physicians is rational drug prescribing to people with multimorbidity and elderly people. Knowing the patient for a long time as well as continuity of care is essential to ensure the family physicians’ good care. In drug prescribing evidence-based medicine should be applied, but also the principles of patientcentered care that will ensure compliance and achievement of the desired outcomes.
Keywords
Family medicine; drug prescribing; quality improvement
Hrčak ID:
188079
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Publication date:
23.10.2017.
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