Changes in Medication Complexity and Post-Hospitalization Outcomes in Older Adults Hospitalized for Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medication regimen complexity may be an important risk factor for adverse outcomes in older adults with heart failure. However, increasing complexity is often necessary when prescribing guideline-directed medical therapy at the time of a heart failure hospitalization. We sought to determine whether increased medication regimen complexity following a heart failure hospitalization was associated with worse post-hospitalization outcomes.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) participants aged at least 65 years hospitalized for heart failure between 2003 and 2014. We calculated changes between hospital admission and discharge in medication count (Δcount) and in the validated Medication Regi

SUBMITTER: Visaria A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12074541 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature