Drug-related problems in older people after hospital discharge and interventions to reduce them
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Drug-related problems in older people after hospital discharge and interventions to reduce them.
Drug-related problems in older people during care transitions have become a major public health problem since they threaten patient safety. The objective of our paper is to investigate the extent and frequency of drug-related problems (discontinuity, adherence, errors, interactions and adverse events) after hospital discharge and the efficacy of interventions intended to reduce them. We include...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq045