Safer prescription of drugs: impact of the PREFASEG system to aid clinical decision-making in primary care in Catalonia

Table 2 MRP alerts generated and accepted by PREFASEG between January 2016 and December 2018

PREFASEG	2016			2017			2018			Sum 2016–2018
Type of MRP alert	Alerts generated	Alerts accepted	% Accepted alerts	Alerts generated	Alerts accepted	% Accepted alerts	Alerts generated	Alerts accepted	% Accepted alerts	Alerts generated	Alerts accepted	% Accepted alerts
Interactions	439,507	118,485	27	550,692	138,947	25	701,687	166,452	24	1,691,886	423,884	25
Duplicate therapies	426,506	141,371	33	463,418	136,097	29	546,797	148,943	27	1,436,721	426,411	30
Advised due to age (> 75 years)	108,974	32,345	30	144,807	41,740	29	188,139	50,299	27	441,920	124,384	28
AEMPS safety alerts	59,146	18,301	31	86,308	21,958	25	84,158	18,720	22	229,612	58,979	26
Contraindications due to health issues	35,164	13,771	39	67,452	21,330	32	105,749	28,390	27	208,365	63,491	30
Teratogens in pregnancy	11,721	4200	36	10,938	3830	35	11,404	3709	33	34,063	11,739	34
Combinations of anticholinergic drugs	1077	423	39	2619	863	33	3171	877	28	6867	2163	31
Suspicions of hypersensitivity	76,883	28,952	38	84,099	29,759	35	93,852	30,568	33	254,834	89,279	35
Adverse drug reactions	15,397	4884	32	23,712	6927	29	36,489	10,018	27	75,598	21,829	29
Totals	1,174,375	362,732	31	1,434,045	401,451	28	1,771,446	457,976	26	4,379,866	1,222,159	28

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