Emergency department visits and hospital readmissions after a deprescribing intervention among hospitalized older adults.
Ji Won LeeEmily Kay HollingsworthAvantika Saraf ShahSarah L SzantonNancy PerrinAmanda S MixonEduard Eric VasilevskisCynthia M BoydHae-Ra HanAriel R GreenJaniece L TaylorSandra Faye SimmonsPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)
The intervention and control groups had comparable time-to-first 90-day ED visit/readmission/death during a deprescribing intervention. This finding suggests that deprescribing did not result in a higher risk of ED visit/readmission/death during the 90-day period following hospital discharge.