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Measuring the Results: Patient Use of Medication Lists

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P < .001

AMG Overall
- 2005: 45%
- 2007: 42%
Walworth Co. AMG (Grant Project Sites)
- 2005: 42%
- 2007: 51% (31% used Partners in Safety list

Notes:

Intervention sites had increase in personal med list use over time and compared to other clinics (P<.001 for both). There was no difference in the post-intervention measures of who brought in neither a medication list nor their actual medications (23% vs. 24%).

	Intervention Clinics (n = 586)		Comparison Clinics (n = 2,040)
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
Medication list	51%	61%	49%	49%
Meds/bag	41%	25%	28%	35%
Brought Neither	18%	24%	28%	23%
Brought Both*	10%	10%	4%	7%

INTERVENTION CLINICS ONLY:
Partners in Safety Medication List 31%
Partners in Safety Medication Bag 13%
Used Both* 7%
Used Neither of the Project Materials 64%

*Percentages also included in entries above for use of lists and bringing
medications.

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