Quality indicators for safe and effective use of medications in long-term care settings: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: People accessing aged care services are increasingly older and often experience multimorbidity and polypharmacy, which puts them at risk of medication-related harm. Quality indicators (QIs) can assist with monitoring, benchmarking and informing initiatives to reduce medication-related harm. This systematic review aimed to identify and summarize QIs that assess the safe and effective use of medications in long-term care services. Bibliographic databases and grey literature were searched to identify relevant QIs. Eligible publications were in English and described the development, application and/or validation of QIs in long-term care facilities or in-home aged care services. QI information, including their development and settings, were extracted. All QIs were classified according to 3 vali

SUBMITTER: Gutteridge DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12569564 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature