Specialist medication review does not benefit short-term outcomes and net costs in continuing-care patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-312

  Pope, George ^a   Wall, Noreen ^a   Peters, Catherine Mary ^a   O'Connor, Margaret ^a   Saunders, Jean ^a   O'Sullivan, Catherine ^a   Donnelly, Teresa M ^a   Walsh, Thomas ^a   Jackson, Steven ^b   Lyons, Declan ^a   Clinch, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geriatric medicine; Hospital continuing care; Long term care; Medication review; Multidisciplinary team

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 79955381055     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq095     Document Type: Article

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