Medication Safety: an audit of medication discrepancies in transferring type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients from Australian primary care to tertiary ambulatory care.

Objective: To identify, classify and determine the factors associated with medication discrepancies for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients, referred from primary care to a tertiary ambulatory clinic.

Design: Retrospective audit of outpatient clinic records.

Setting: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) Diabetes Ambulatory Care Centre.