Incidence and cost of medication harm in older adults following hospital discharge: a multicentre prospective study in the UK

Aims Polypharmacy is increasingly common in older adults, placing them at risk of medication‐related harm (MRH). Patients are particularly vulnerable to problems with their medications in the period following hospital discharge due to medication changes and poor information transfer between hospital...

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Published in:	British journal of clinical pharmacology Vol. 84; no. 8; pp. 1789 - 1797
Main Authors:	Parekh, Nikesh, Ali, Khalid, Stevenson, Jennifer M., Davies, J. Graham, Schiff, Rebekah, Van der Cammen, Tischa, Harchowal, Jatinder, Raftery, James, Rajkumar, Chakravarthi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.08.2018
Subjects:	Aftercare - statistics & numerical data Aged Aged, 80 and over Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - economics Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - epidemiology Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - therapy Female Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data health economics health service use hospital discharge Hospitals, Teaching - economics Hospitals, Teaching - statistics & numerical data Humans Inappropriate Prescribing - adverse effects Inappropriate Prescribing - economics Inappropriate Prescribing - prevention & control Inappropriate Prescribing - statistics & numerical data Incidence Male medication harm older adults Original Patient Discharge Patient Discharge Summaries - statistics & numerical data Patient Readmission - economics Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data pharmacoepidemiology Pharmacy Service, Hospital - economics Pharmacy Service, Hospital - organization & administration Pharmacy Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Polypharmacy Prospective Studies State Medicine - economics State Medicine - statistics & numerical data United Kingdom - epidemiology United Kingdom older adults medication harm health service use hospital discharge health economics pharmacoepidemiology
ISSN:	0306-5251, 1365-2125, 1365-2125
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