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A pharmacy discharge plan for hospitalized elderly patients
— a randomized controlled trial | | Author(s) | Irwin Nazareth, Ann Burton, Sally Shulman |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 30, no 1, January 2001 |
| Pages | pp 33-40 |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Discharged patients ; Clinical surveys. |
| Annotation | A system of co-ordination between hospital and community pharmacists was developed for patients aged 75 and over discharged from acute general and long-stay hospitals. The average age of patients was 84, and all had at least three chronic medical conditions and had been prescribed at least four medicines. Both intervention and control group had a high level of adherence to medication. Co-ordinated discharge plans did not reduce hospital re-admissions at 3 or 6 months. Neither did they affect numbers of deaths or outpatient or general practitioner attendance over 3 or 6 months. The only effect revealed by patient interviews was increased knowledge about their medication. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010418218 A |
| Classmark | LLD: LFD: 3G |
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