Elderly patients and their medication: a post-discharge follow-up study
| Autor: | Jennifer M. A. Burns, Moreen Lovell, Ann McLEAN, Brendan J. Martin, Irene Sneddon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Male Aging medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Drug compliance Medication given Post-discharge follow-up Drug Therapy Patient Education as Topic Hospital discharge Medicine Drugs Generic Humans Medical prescription Geriatric Assessment Drug Packaging Aged Patient discharge Aged 80 and over business.industry Public health General Medicine Home Care Services Patient Discharge Pharmaceutical Services Patient Compliance Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Age and ageing. 21(3) |
| ISSN: | 0002-0729 |
| Popis: | Fifty-six elderly patients (age range 65-98 years) discharged from a geriatric unit were visited at home on or after the 5th post-discharge day (median day 8) and their medication assessed. By the day of the visit, 15 of the 56 had not had a new prescription issued (27%) and 27 patients (48%) had old prescribed medication at home. Forty-one new scripts, issued by general practitioners, should have contained 128 medications if the general practitioners wished to continue unchanged the medication given on hospital discharge. Fourteen drugs (11%) had been added and 17 drugs (13%) omitted. The number of prescriptions issued unchanged was 26/41 (63%). Inaccurately labelled containers and/or changed drug names were found in 28%. Contrary to hospital advice, 47% of medications were issued in childproof containers. Poor communication between hospital and general practitioners is only part of the problem. Methods to expedite the delivery of new prescriptions should be developed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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