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Characteristics and determinants of high volume dispensing in long-term oral nutritional supplement users in primary care: a secondary analysis

Patricia Dominguez Castro, Ciara Reynolds, Maria Gabriella Bizzaro, Sharon Kennelly, Barbara Clyne, Gerard Bury, Catriona Bradley, Karen Finnigan, Laura McCullagh, Celine Murrin, Carla Perrotta, Eileen R Gibney and Clare A Corish
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (2): BJGPO.2020.0131. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0131
Patricia Dominguez Castro
1 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
2 UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Ciara Reynolds
1 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
2 UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Maria Gabriella Bizzaro
1 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
2 UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Sharon Kennelly
3 National Primary Care Division, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement, Mountmellick Primary Care Building, Co. Laois, Republic of Ireland
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Barbara Clyne
4 HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Gerard Bury
5 School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Catriona Bradley
6 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Karen Finnigan
7 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Laura McCullagh
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Celine Murrin
1 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Carla Perrotta
1 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
2 UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Eileen R Gibney
2 UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
8 School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Clare A Corish
1 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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vol. 5 no. 2 BJGPO.2020.0131
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0131
PubMed 
33495164

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Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received July 20, 2020
  • Accepted September 24, 2020
  • Published online April 26, 2021.

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  1. Patricia Dominguez Castro1,2,
  2. Ciara Reynolds1,2,
  3. Maria Gabriella Bizzaro1,2,
  4. Sharon Kennelly3,
  5. Barbara Clyne4,
  6. Gerard Bury5,
  7. Catriona Bradley6,
  8. Karen Finnigan7,
  9. Laura McCullagh7,
  10. Celine Murrin1,2,
  11. Carla Perrotta1,2,
  12. Eileen R Gibney2,8 and
  13. Clare A Corish1,2,*
  1. 1 School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  2. 2 UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  3. 3 National Primary Care Division, Community Funded Schemes Service Improvement, Mountmellick Primary Care Building, Co. Laois, Republic of Ireland
  4. 4 HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  5. 5 School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  6. 6 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  7. 7 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  8. 8 School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Clare A Corish, clare.corish{at}ucd.ie
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Patricia Dominguez Castro, Ciara Reynolds, Maria Gabriella Bizzaro, Sharon Kennelly, Barbara Clyne, Gerard Bury, Catriona Bradley, Karen Finnigan, Laura McCullagh, Celine Murrin, Carla Perrotta, Eileen R Gibney, Clare A Corish
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Keywords

  • malnutrition
  • Protein-energy malnutrition
  • oral nutritional supplements
  • polypharmacy
  • prescriptions
  • pharmacy
  • general practice
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