Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Adverse Drug Reactions in Older People Using Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions and Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment Criteria: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Objectives To determine whether use of the Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions (STOPP) and Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment (START) criteria reduces incident hospital‐acquired adverse drug reactions (ADRs), 28‐day medication costs, and median length of hospital stay in olde...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 64; no. 8; pp. 1558 - 1566
Main Authors:	O'Connor, Marie N., O'Sullivan, David, Gallagher, Paul F., Eustace, Joseph, Byrne, Stephen, O'Mahony, Denis
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2016 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adults adverse drug reaction Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems - economics Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems - statistics & numerical data Aged Aged, 80 and over Clinical trials Cluster Analysis Costs Criteria Critical incidents Drug abuse Drug Costs - statistics & numerical data Drug prices Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - economics Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - epidemiology Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - prevention & control Drugs elderly Female Geriatrics Hospitalization Hospitalization - economics Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals Humans Inappropriate Prescribing - economics Inappropriate Prescribing - prevention & control Inappropriate Prescribing - statistics & numerical data Inappropriateness Intervention Ireland Length of stay Length of Stay - economics Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Male Mass Screening - economics Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Medical referrals Medical screening Medical treatment Medication Systems, Hospital - economics Medication Systems, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Number needed to treat Older people Pharmacology Physicians Prescription drugs prevention Risk reduction Side effects Single-Blind Method STOPP/START criteria Tests STOPP/START criteria adverse drug reaction elderly prevention
ISSN:	0002-8614, 1532-5415
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