Design of the POINT study: Pharmacotherapy Optimisation through Integration of a Non-dispensing pharmacist in a primary care Team (POINT)

Table 2 Overview of outcomes, measurements and data sources

Outcomes	Measurement	Data sources
Primary outcome
Frequency of HARMs	Number of HARMs	DL, MH, MED
Secondary outcomes
Potential medication errors	% patients with:
	- medication not indicated	MED/MR
	- underprescribing	MED/MR
	- dosing error (too low or too high)	MED/MR
	- therapeutic duplication medication	MED/MR
	- medication contra-indicated	MED/MR
	- drug-drug interactions	MED/MR
	- medication not effective	MED/MR
	- inadequately monitored therapy	MED/MR
	- administration errors (e.g. non-adherence)	MED/MR
Drug burden index	Drug burden of medications with sedative and/or anticholinergic effects	MR
Costs	Medication costs and healthcare-related costs	Database of insurance company

HARM hospital admission related to medication, DL discharge letter, MH medical history (with ICPC codes for diagnoses), MED medication records (including ATC code, dose and strength), MR medical records (including laboratory markers and measurements such as blood pressure, pulse and body mass index)

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