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Measuring the Results: Patient Use of Medication Lists
P < .001
- AMG Overall
- Walworth Co. AMG (Grant Project Sites)
- 2005: 42%
- 2007: 51% (31% used Partners in Safety list
Notes:
Intervention sites had increase in personal med list use over time and compared to other clinics (P<.001 for both). There was no difference in the post-intervention measures of who brought in neither a medication list nor their actual medications (23% vs. 24%).
| |
Intervention Clinics (n = 586) |
Comparison Clinics (n = 2,040) |
| Pre |
Post |
Pre |
Post |
| Medication list |
51% |
61% |
49% |
49% |
| Meds/bag |
41% |
25% |
28% |
35% |
| Brought Neither |
18% |
24% |
28% |
23% |
| Brought Both* |
10% |
10% |
4% |
7% |
INTERVENTION CLINICS ONLY:
Partners in Safety Medication List 31%
Partners in Safety Medication Bag 13%
Used Both* 7%
Used Neither of the Project Materials 64%
*Percentages also included in entries above for use of lists and bringing
medications.
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