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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Barriers and facilitators of medicines reconciliation at transitions of care in Ireland – a qualitative study

Key Characteristics

N (%)

Participants

35

Gender

 Male

17 (49)

 Female

18 (51)

Role

 Community Pharmacist

11 (31)

 Hospital Pharmacist

8 (23)

Hospital Consultant:

9 (26)

• Medical specialty

5

• Emergency Medicine

1

• Acute Medical Assessment

1

• Anaesthetics

1

• Surgery

 

o Ear Nose and Throat

1

General Practitioner

5 (14)

Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor

2 (6)

Health Service Executive (HSE) Region

 HSE Dublin Mid Leinster

27 (77)

 HSE Dublin North East

2 (6)

 HSE West

2 (6)

 HSE South

4 (11)

Prescribing role

 Prescriber

16 (46)

 Non-prescriber

19 (54)