Evaluation of pharmacist-led medication reconciliation at county hospitals in China: A multicentre, open-label, assessor-blinded, nonrandomised controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to a lack of related research, we aimed to determine the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation intervention in China.

Methods

We conducted a multicentre, prospective, open-label, assessor-blinded, cluster, nonrandomised controlled study at six county-level hospitals, with hospital wards serving as the clusters. We included patients discharged from the sampled hospitals who were aged ≥60 years; had ≥1 studied diagnoses; and were prescribed with ≥3 medications at discharge. Patients in the intervention group received a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation intervention and those in the control group received standard care. We assessed the incidence of medication discrepancies at discharge, patients' medication adherence, and health care

SUBMITTER: Fu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11007753 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature