Prospective cohort study of nonspecific deprescribing in older medical inpatients being discharged to a nursing home

• Main Authors: Patrick Russell (Author), Udul Hewage (Author), Cameron McDonald (Author), Campbell Thompson (Author), Richard Woodman (Author), Arduino A. Mangoni (Author), Tim Bangsund (Author), Gregory Crawford (Author), Miriam Cursaro (Author), Debajyoti Chaudhuri (Author), Lucia Caretti (Author), Maneesha Dedigama (Author), Ciaran Flood (Author), Alex Fong (Author), Jessica Gehlert (Author), Nicky Gordon (Author), Travis Green (Author), Dirk Hofmann (Author), Jyoti Khadka (Author), Hun Khaw (Author), Ivanka Koeper (Author), Keth Lyn Koo (Author), Sara Laubscher (Author), Emily Lawton (Author), Jason Lim (Author), Elena Logvinskaia (Author), Karen Macolino (Author), Julia New-Tolley (Author), Linda Nguyen (Author), Margaret Owade (Author), Greg Roberts (Author), Shasti Smith (Author), Lucy Sadecki (Author), Sepehr Shakib (Author), Valerie Teo (Author), Daniella Tocchetti (Author), Kylie Tram (Author), Winnie Tran (Author), Shin Loong Yap (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Older patients from nursing homes are commonly exposed to polypharmacy before a hospital admission. Deprescribing has been promoted as a solution to this problem, though systematic reviews have not found benefit. The aim of this study was to understand if in-hospital deprescribing of cer...