Appropriateness of Prescribing Evaluation Tools

APPROPRIATENESS OF PRESCRIBING QUESTIONNAIRE (APEQ) DOMAINS

Holbrook, AM et al.

(More specific criteria are developed for each drug/drug family)

1. Indication – appropriate diagnosis?
2. Indication – appropriate prior therapy?
3. Benefit/Harm – optimal Drug Choice based on RCT Evidence?
4. Dosage – correct?
5. Directions – correct (where relevant)?
6. Clinically important drug-drug interactions?
7. Clinically important drug-disease interactions (contraindications)?
8. Unnecessary therapeutic duplication?
9. Duration – acceptable duration to next physician assessment?
10. Cost-effectiveness – relative to other drugs or treatments in the same therapeutic class?

Reference:

• A comprehensive appropriateness of prescribing questionnaire was validated by nominal consensus group