Reduction of potentially inappropriate medication in the elderly: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial in German primary care practices (RIME)

• Main Authors: Ulrich Thiem (Author), Stefan Wilm (Author), Wolfgang Greiner (Author), Henrik Rudolf (Author), Hans-Joachim Trampisch (Author), Christiane Müller (Author), Gudrun Theile (Author), Petra A. Thürmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) is considered to have potentially more harmful than beneficial health effects in elderly patients. A German example for a PIM list is the PRISCUS list that has been available since 2010. PIMs are associated with an increased risk of hospitalisat...