A patient-centered deprescribing intervention for hospitalized older patients with polypharmacy: rationale and design of the Shed-MEDS randomized controlled trial

• Hlavní autoři: Eduard E. Vasilevskis (Autor), Avantika S. Shah (Autor), Emily K. Hollingsworth (Autor), Matthew S. Shotwell (Autor), Amanda S. Mixon (Autor), Susan P. Bell (Autor), Sunil Kripalani (Autor), John F. Schnelle (Autor), Sandra F. Simmons (Autor), the Shed-MEDS Team (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Abstract Background Polypharmacy is prevalent among hospitalized older adults, particularly those being discharged to a post-care care facility (PAC). The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to determine if a patient-centered deprescribing intervention initiated in the hospital and continued...