Prevalence and predictors of inappropriate prescribing according to the Screening Tool of Older People's Prescriptions and Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment version 2 criteria in older patients discharged from geriatric and internal medicine wards: A prospective observational multicenter study.

Mario BoMaddalena GibelloEnrico BrunettiEdoardo BoiettiMatteo SappaYolanda FalconeMaria Luigia AurucciMarina IacovinoGianfranco FonteGiorgetta Cappa

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2018)

Inappropriate prescribing is highly prevalent among hospital-discharged older patients, and is associated with polypharmacy and discharge from internal medicine departments. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2019; 19: 5-11.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
primary care
healthcare
risk factors
cross sectional
electronic health record