British journal of clinical pharmacology
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Br J Clin Pharmacol · Dec 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialMedication reviews in the community: results of a randomized, controlled effectiveness trial.
To examine the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary service model delivering medication review to patients at risk of medication misadventure in the community. ⋯ Most studies emphasize efficacy and the best achievable clinical outcomes rather than whether an intervention will be effective in practice. The current trial showed that three of the four domains in the clinical value compass showed trends of improvement or were indeed improved in the relatively short follow-up period of the trial, suggesting that a service based on this model could achieve similar benefits in practice. A domiciliary medication review programme similar to this model has now been implemented into national Australian practice, where GPs and pharmacists are reimbursed by the Australian government for the provision of these services.