MAT‐CAP: a novel medication assessment tool to explore adherence to clinical practice guidelines in community‐acquired pneumonia

• Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
• Main Authors: Høgli, June Utnes, Småbrekke, Lars, Garcia, Beate Hennie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Norway; Tromso; North Norway
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3640; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fpds.3640; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pds.3640

ABSTRACT Background/purpose Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a disease with high morbidity and mortality. Adherence to clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in treatment of CAP is associated with favourable outcome. We aimed to develop and validate a medication assessment tool (MAT) to explore ad...