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Effects of a pilot multidisciplinary clinic for frequent attending elderly patients on deprescribing

Author(s) -

Alison Mudge,

Katherine Radnedge,

Karen Kasper,

Robert Mullins,

Julie Adsett,

Serena Rofail,

Sophie Lloyd,

Michael Barras

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

australian health review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 1449-8944

pISSN - 0156-5788

DOI - 10.1071/ah14219

Subject(s) - medicine , deprescribing , polypharmacy , failure to thrive , pharmacist , medical prescription , emergency medicine , beers criteria , pharmacy , pediatrics , family medicine , nursing

Multimorbidity and associated polypharmacy are risk factors for hospital re-admission. The Targeting Hospitalization Risks in Vulnerable Elders (THRIVE) clinic is a novel multidisciplinary out-patient clinic to improve transitions of care and decrease re-admission risk for older medical patients with frequent hospital admissions. This pilot study examined the effect of the THRIVE model on medication count, tablet load and potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMs).

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