2023
DOI: 10.1017/s1463423623000415
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Quality of prescription writing in Brazilian primary health care

Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the quality of prescription writing in the context of public primary health care. Background: Prescription errors are one of the leading patient safety problems in primary care and can be caused by errors in therapeutic decisions or in the quality of prescription writing. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study conducted in a municipality in Northeastern Brazil. The assessment instrument (including 13 indicators and one composite indicator) w… Show more

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“…In the community directive, clear competencies may be observed, which support the clinical decision-making of nurses and not solely in the field of hospitalization but also in primary health care. 5 It seems obvious that making decisions about care and prescribe temporally the activities necessary to guarantee quality of care is a component that strengthens its own portfolio of services, from which related lines of research emerge that allow identifying the ideal temporality required for the application of care..…”
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“…In the community directive, clear competencies may be observed, which support the clinical decision-making of nurses and not solely in the field of hospitalization but also in primary health care. 5 It seems obvious that making decisions about care and prescribe temporally the activities necessary to guarantee quality of care is a component that strengthens its own portfolio of services, from which related lines of research emerge that allow identifying the ideal temporality required for the application of care..…”
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confidence: 99%