17-5.
Increase the proportion of patients who receive verbal counseling from prescribers and pharmacists on the appropriate use and potential risks of medications.
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17-5. | |
Increase the proportion of patients who receive verbal counseling from prescribers and pharmacists on the appropriate use and potential risks of medications. |
Target and baseline:
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Objective |
Increase in Patients Receiving Oral Counseling From: |
1998 |
2010 |
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Percent |
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17-5a. |
Prescribers |
24 |
95 |
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17-5b. |
Pharmacists |
14 |
95 |
Target setting method: 296 percent improvement for prescribers and 579 percent improvement for pharmacists. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)
Data source: National Survey of Prescription Drug Information Provided to Patients, FDA.
Data for population groups currently are not analyzed. |