Open AccessEvaluating an inpatient deprescribing initiative at a rural community hospital in Ontario
Author(s) -
Mohamed Gazarin,
Brian Devin,
Darren Tse,
Emily Mulligan,
Mary Naciuk,
Simon Duncan,
Sean Burnett,
Lynn Hall,
Ali Elbeddini
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian pharmacists journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1913-701X
pISSN - 1715-1635
DOI - 10.1177/1715163520929734
Subject(s) - deprescribing , polypharmacy , medicine , beers criteria , intervention (counseling) , emergency department , multidisciplinary approach , emergency medicine , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , nursing , social science , sociology
Deprescribing is an effective means to reduce polypharmacy in elderly patients. However, geriatric day care deprescribing services are challenging to implement in rural regions. In this study, we examined whether a subacute care unit of a rural hospital could deliver a comprehensive and multidisciplinary intervention to promote deprescribing in patients and whether this intervention would succeed in achieving significant and lasting deprescribing results.