Open AccessHome-based medication review in a high risk elderly population in primary care--the POLYMED randomised controlled trial
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Lenaghan,
Richard Holland,
Alison Brooks
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afm036
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacist , intervention (counseling) , confidence interval , quality of life (healthcare) , randomized controlled trial , population , emergency medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , pharmacy , nursing , environmental health
To assess whether home-based medication review by a pharmacist for at-risk older patients in a primary care setting can reduce hospital admissions.
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