Abstract

We have prepared a medication instruction card, we call Patient Dispensing Instructions (PDI) to provide patients with useful information on such medication factors as pharmacology, adverse effects, and precautions in use. Each group of drugs (classified by pharmacological activity) has its own PDI for chronic disease use. Our investigation into the utility of the cards caused in 92 hospitals located in Ishikawa Prefecture produced generally favorable results. The range of arguments made by the selected hospitals concerning the contents of the cards were analyzed in an effort to improve the instruction card method.

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