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Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Intervention for Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Patients in Primary Care: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (OPTI-SCRIPT Study)

Barbara Clyne, Susan M. Smith, Carmel M. Hughes, Fiona Boland, Marie C. Bradley, Janine A. Cooper and Tom Fahey; on behalf of the OPTI-SCRIPT study team
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2015, 13 (6) 545-553; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1838
Barbara Clyne
1HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Susan M. Smith
1HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Carmel M. Hughes
2School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Fiona Boland
1HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Marie C. Bradley
3National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
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Janine A. Cooper
1HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Tom Fahey
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vol. 13 no. 6 545-553
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1838
PubMed 
26553894

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication January 14, 2015
  • Revision received June 4, 2015
  • Accepted for publication July 1, 2015
  • Published online November 9, 2015.

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  1. Barbara Clyne, PhD1⇑,
  2. Susan M. Smith, MD1,
  3. Carmel M. Hughes, PhD2,
  4. Fiona Boland, PhD1,
  5. Marie C. Bradley, PhD3,
  6. Janine A. Cooper, PhD1,2 and
  7. Tom Fahey, MD1 on behalf of the OPTI-SCRIPT study team
  1. 1HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  2. 2School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), Belfast, Northern Ireland
  3. 3National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Barbara Clyne, PhD, HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland, barbaraclyne{at}rcsi.ie

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Barbara Clyne, Susan M. Smith, Carmel M. Hughes, Fiona Boland, Marie C. Bradley, Janine A. Cooper, Tom Fahey
The Annals of Family Medicine Nov 2015, 13 (6) 545-553; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1838

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