Pharmacist-led intervention to improve medication use in older inpatients using the Drug Burden Index: a study protocol for a before/after intervention with a retrospective control group and multiple case analysis

Pharmacist-led intervention to improve medication use in older inpatients using the Drug Burden Index: a study protocol for a before/after intervention with a retrospective control group and multiple case analysis

IntroductionPolypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use is common in older adults and is associated with adverse outcomes such as falls and hospitalisations.Methods and analysisThis study is a pharmacist-led medication optimisation initiative using an electronic tool (the Drug Burden I...

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Main Authors:	Kenneth Rockwood, Sarah Hilmer, Emily Reeve, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Marci Elizabeth Dearing, Susan Bowles, Jennifer Isenor, Olga Kits, Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell, Heather Neville, Kent Toombs, Caroline Sirois, Aprill Negus
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:	BMJ Open
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/2/e035656.full

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