Influence of pharmacist intervention on drug safety of geriatric inpatients: a prospective, controlled trial

Background: Demographic shift leads to an increasing number of geriatric patients suffering from multimorbidity and resulting polypharmacy. Polypharmacy is shown to be associated with drug-related problems (DRPs) and increased morbidity. For Germany, a hospital-based intervention may be successful o...

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Main Authors: Angela Nachtigall, Hans J. Heppner, Petra A. Thürmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-04-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2042098619843365