Amitriptyline prescribing in public sector healthcare facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Coetzee, Renier | |
| dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Yasmina | |
| dc.contributor.author | van Niekerk, Johan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-22T07:30:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-01-22T07:30:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Inappropriate medication use is a major patient safety concern, especially for the elderly population. Amitriptyline is widely used in primary care in South Africa and a cross-sectional study found that amitriptyline was prescribed potentially inappropriately in 6.5% of elderly patients. An analysis of prescriptions from the Chronic Dispensing Unit in the Western Cape revealed that amitriptyline was one of the most common medicines prescribed without a suitable diagnosis listed on the prescription. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Coetzee, R. et al. (2020). Amitriptyline prescribing in public sector healthcare facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa. PLoS ONE ,15(4),e0231675 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | 10.1371/journal.pone.0231675 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5721 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.subject | Healthcare facilities | en_US |
| dc.subject | Amitriptyline | en_US |
| dc.subject | Inappropriate prescribing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Elderly patients | en_US |
| dc.title | Amitriptyline prescribing in public sector healthcare facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |