Medication Therapy Management after Hospitalization in CKD: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

CKD is characterized by remarkably high hospitalization and readmission rates. Our study aim was to test a medication therapy management intervention to reduce subsequent acute care utilization.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

The CKD Medication Intervention Trial was a single-blind (investigators), randomized clinical trial conducted at Providence Health Care in Spokane, Washington. Patients with CKD stages 3-5 not treated by dialysis who were hospitalized for acute illness were recruited. The intervention was designed to improve posthospitalization care by medication therapy management. A pharmacist delivered the intervention as a single home visit within 7 days of discharge. The intervention included these fundamental elements: comp

SUBMITTER: Tuttle KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5967429 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature