Title:	Developing and evaluating a measure of inappropriate polypharmacy in primary care: RAND appropriateness and CPRD epidemiological study
Project Description:	The aim of this research is to develop a measure of inappropriate polypharmacy that can be used in routine general practice. The project will be conducted over three phases, involving consensus methods, expert ratings and epidemiological analysis. First, a group of clinical experts will be used to identify the most important aspects of prescribing that might lead to inappropriate polypharmacy. The different aspects of prescribing will then be combined to produce a single measure. Second, the accuracy of the measure will be tested by looking at whether the results it provides are comparable to the expert opinion of doctors and pharmacists. Finally, the measure will be used to quantify the extent of inappropriate polypharmacy in the UK population using a large electronic health record database.
Project organisation
Start date:	1st September 2016
End date:	1st June 2018
Contact person:	Dr Jenni Burt
Contact Details:	Primary Care Unit Institute of Public Health University Forvie Site, Robinson Way Cambridge Cambs CB2 0SR UK Telephone: 01223 330329 Fax: 01223 762515 E-mail: jab35@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Collaborative:	Dr Rupert Payne, Prof Alastair Hay, Prof Richard Morris, Prof John MacLeod [University of Bristol] Dr Sarah Rodgers, Prof Tony Avery [University of Nottingham] Prof Stephen Campbell [University of Manchester]
Funding information
Funding Organisation:	School for Primary Care Research
Funding Reference:
Funding Amount:	£192,782
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