RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Do patients cash prescriptions? An audit in one practice
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 272
OP 274
VO 34
IS 262
A1 David Begg
YR 1984
UL http://bjgp.org/content/34/262/272.abstract
AB It has been suggested that up to 20 per cent of patients do not cash their prescriptions. To investigate this possibility, the rate of uncashed prescriptions in a group practice was measured. Out of 1,395 prescriptions studied, 89 (6.4 per cent) were uncashed. An association between having to pay prescription charges and prescriptions being uncashed was shown. Measurement of the rate of uncashed prescriptions deserves to be more widely used as a means of self-audit.