Impact of potentially inappropriate medications and polypharmacy on 3-month readmission among older patients discharged from acute care hospital: a prospective study.

Paolo FabbiettiGiuseppina Di StefanoRaffaella MoresiLaura CassettaMirko Di RosaFilippo FimognariValentina BambaraGiovanni RuotoloAlberto CastagnaCarmen RubertoFabrizia LattanzioAndrea Corsonello

Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2017)

Polypharmacy, but not PIMs was significantly associated with readmission. Hospitalization should always be considered as a clue to individuate unnecessary polypharmacy and to reduce the burden of medications whenever possible.

Keyphrases

acute care
adverse drug
healthcare
emergency department
risk factors
drug induced