Polypharmacy and Medication Regimen Complexity as Risk Factors for Hospitalization Among Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: A Prospective Cohort Study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1067.e1-

  Lalic, Samanta ^a,b   Sluggett, Janet K ^a,c   Ilomäki, Jenni ^a   Wimmer, Barbara C ^a,d   Tan, Edwin C K ^a,e   Robson, Leonie ^f   Emery, Tina ^f   Bell, J Simon ^a,c,g  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f Resthaven Incorporated   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

hospitalization; long term care; medication regimen complexity; nursing homes; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LAXATIVE; PARACETAMOL; RETINOL;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION REGIMEN COMPLEXITY INDEX; MENTAL DAY HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; AUSTRALIA; HOME FOR THE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84992559994     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.08.019     Document Type: Article

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