Medication use in Italian nursing homes: preliminary results from the national monitoring system.

ABSTRACT: Background: The aging population has increased concerns about the affordability, quality, and nature of long-term care for older people, emphasizing the role of nursing homes. Unlike acute hospital and primary care, there is a lack of drug consumption data in long-term care to understand regional or national healthcare policies. Objectives: This study aimed to describe medication consumption by older adults and expenditure in Italian nursing homes (NHs). Methods: Data on drug consumption and costs from the administrative medicine informational flows that detect medicines packages supplied to patients in health facilities and NHs were used. Data on the characteristics of the healthcare residence were from the Italian Health Ministry. Records for the year 2019, selecting

SUBMITTER: Zito S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10229842 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature