Failure to follow medication changes made at hospital discharge is associated with adverse events in 30 days.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the hypothesis that nonadherence to medication changes made at hospital discharge is associated with an increased risk of adverse events in the 30 days postdischarge.

Study setting

Patients admitted to hospitals in Montreal, Quebec, between 2014 and 2016.

Study design

Prospective cohort study.

Data collection

Nonadherence to medication changes was measured by comparing medications dispensed in the community with those prescribed at hospital discharge. Patient, health system, and drug regimen-level covariates were measured using medical services and pharmacy claims data as well as data abstracted from the patient's hospital chart. Multivariable Cox models were used to determine the association between nonadherence to medication changes and

SUBMITTER: Weir DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376001 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature