Polypharmacy and health outcomes among older adults discharged from hospital: Results from the CRIME study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-146

  Sganga, Federica ^a   Landi, Francesco ^a   Ruggiero, Carmelinda ^b   Corsonello, Andrea ^c   Vetrano, Davide L ^a   Lattanzio, Fabrizia ^c   Cherubini, Antonio ^c   Bernabei, Roberto ^a   Onder, Graziano ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Mortality; Older adults; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84921537953     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12241     Document Type: Article

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