More than a quarter of
hospitalisations of older Australians
maybe caused by poor medicationrelated
processes of care before
admission, at an annual cost of
$300m, according to new research
published in the Medical Journal of
Australia (MJA).
Researchers at the University
of South Australia and the BUPA
Health Foundation used data
from the Department of Veterans’
Affairs from Jul 2007 to Jun 2012 to
examine prevalence of suboptimal
medication-related processes
of care before hospitalisation of
83,430 older patients.
“The overall proportion of
hospitalisations that were preceded
by suboptimal medication-related
processes of care was 25.2%,” the
authors reported.
Of patients hospitalised for
fractures resulting from a fall,
85.4% were patients aged 65 years
or older who had been prescribed
a falls-risk medicine before
admission.
Other examples involved renal
and cardiovascular disease errors.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 07 Sep 15 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 07 Sep 15
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