Identifying key prescribing cascades in older people (iKASCADE): a transnational initiative on drug safety through a sex and gender lens-rationale and design.

Shelley A SternbergMirko PetrovicGraziano OnderAntonio CherubiniDenis O'MahonyJerry H GurwitzFrancesco PegreffiRobin MasonJennifer AkermanLisa McCarthyAndrea LawsonJoyce LiWei WuPaula A Rochon

Published in: European geriatric medicine (2021)

Findings will improve our understanding of how adverse drug events are different between older women and men and inform the development and dissemination of tailored knowledge translation products to reduce the frequency and impact of prescribing cascades.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
electronic health record
emergency department
healthcare
quality improvement
drug induced
primary care
mental health
middle aged