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Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a pilot study in general practice

Katharine A Wallis, C Raina Elley, Simon Moyes and Ngaire Kerse
BJGP Open 2018; 2 (3): bjgpopen18X101594. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101594
Katharine A Wallis
1 GP and Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, , New Zealand
MBChB, PhD
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  • For correspondence: k.wallis{at}auckland.ac.nz
C Raina Elley
2 GP and Associate Professor, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, , New Zealand
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Simon Moyes
3 Data Manager/Analyst, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, , New Zealand
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Ngaire Kerse
4 GP and Head of School, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, , New Zealand
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vol. 2 no. 3 bjgpopen18X101594
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101594
PubMed 
30564727

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  • Received March 27, 2018
  • Accepted March 29, 2018
  • Published online October 16, 2018.

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  1. Katharine A Wallis, MBChB, PhD1,*,
  2. C Raina Elley, MBChB, PhD2,
  3. Simon Moyes3 and
  4. Ngaire Kerse, MBChB, PhD4
  1. 1 GP and Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland , New Zealand
  2. 2 GP and Associate Professor, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland , New Zealand
  3. 3 Data Manager/Analyst, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland , New Zealand
  4. 4 GP and Head of School, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland , New Zealand
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    k.wallis{at}auckland.ac.nz
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