Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Based Intervention to Reduce Readmissions in Geriatric High-Utilizer Patients: A Pilot Study

• Main Authors: Sara Turbow (Author), Kruti Shah (Author), Katherine Penziner (Author), Michael Knauss (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Purpose: The goal of this study was to determine if a pharmacist-led intervention to improve medication safety at hospital discharge reduced the number of hospital readmissions among geriatric high-utilizer patients. This study is the first to test a pharmacist-based intervention in a high-utilizer...