Hospital readmissions, mortality and potentially inappropriate prescribing: a retrospective study of older adults discharged from hospital
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology2018Vol. 84(8), pp. 1757–1763
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Abstract
Using version 2 of the STOPP/START criteria, the presence of PIMs and/or PPOs in older adults discharged from hospital is significantly associated with repeated hospital admissions and mortality respectively.
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