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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
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Karen Finnigan
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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
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Eileen R Gibney
2 UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Clare A Corish
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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, Clare A Corish
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (2): BJGPO.2020.0131. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0131

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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, Clare A Corish
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (2): BJGPO.2020.0131. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0131
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Keywords

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

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