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Personal Continuity and Appropriate Prescribing in Primary Care

Marije T. te Winkel, Birgit A. Damoiseaux-Volman, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte, Rob J. van Marum, Henk J. Schers, Pauline Slottje, Annemarie A. Uijen, Jettie Bont and Otto R. Maarsingh
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2023, 21 (4) 305-312; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2994
Marije T. te Winkel
1Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of General Practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Birgit A. Damoiseaux-Volman
3Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
4Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ameen Abu-Hanna
3Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
4Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte
5Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Rob J. van Marum
2Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
6Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Medicine for Older People, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Henk J. Schers
7Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Pauline Slottje
1Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of General Practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Annemarie A. Uijen
7Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Jettie Bont
4Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
8Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of General Practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Otto R. Maarsingh
1Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of General Practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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vol. 21 no. 4 305-312
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2994
PubMed 
37487715

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 20, 2022
  • Revision received January 18, 2023
  • Accepted for publication January 24, 2023
  • Published online July 24, 2023.

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  1. Marije T. te Winkel, MD1,2,
  2. Birgit A. Damoiseaux-Volman, PharmD3,4,
  3. Ameen Abu-Hanna, PhD3,4,
  4. Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte, PhD5,
  5. Rob J. van Marum, MD, PhD2,6,
  6. Henk J. Schers, MD, PhD7,
  7. Pauline Slottje, PhD1,2,
  8. Annemarie A. Uijen, MD, PhD7,
  9. Jettie Bont, MD, PhD4,8 and
  10. Otto R. Maarsingh, MD, PhD1,2⇑
  1. 1Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of General Practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2. 2Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  3. 3Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  4. 4Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  5. 5Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  6. 6Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Medicine for Older People, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  7. 7Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  8. 8Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of General Practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Otto R. Maarsingh De Boelelaan 1117 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands o.maarsingh{at}amsterdamumc.nl

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  • Domains of illness & health:
    • Chronic illness
  • Person groups:
    • Older adults
  • Methods:
    • Quantitative methods
  • Other research types:
    • Health services
  • Core values of primary care:
    • Continuity
    • Personalized care

Keywords

  • personal continuity
  • drug prescriptions
  • inappropriate prescribing
  • deprescribing
  • potentially inappropriate medication list
  • practice patterns, physicians’
  • family practice
  • primary care
  • geriatrics
  • health services for the aged
  • continuity of care
  • adverse events
  • polypharmacy
  • chronic disease

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