Potentially inappropriate medicine use and predicting risk factors in hospitalized older adult patients: findings of a prospective observational study from Ethiopia.

Behailu Terefe TesfayeDula Dessalegn BoshoGashahun Mekonnen DissassaMikiyas Gashaw TesfayeMengist Awoke Yizengaw

Published in: Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice (2023)

Nearly three-fourths of the participants had potentially inappropriate medicine in their medicine list. Therefore, generating local evidence on the clinical, economic, and humanistic consequences may help in determining whether the Beers criteria should be taken into account when prescribing medicine to older adults. Interventions targeting older adult patients with heart failure might reduce inappropriate medicine use.

Keyphrases

physical activity
risk factors
primary care
emergency department
middle aged
community dwelling
young adults