Patient factors associated with new prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications in multimorbid US older adults using multiple medications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) is common in older adults and is associated with potential negative consequences, such as falls and cognitive decline. Our objective was to investigate measurable patient factors associated with new outpatient prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications in older multimorbid adults already using multiple medications.

Methods

In this retrospective US cohort study, we used linked Medicare pharmacy and medical claims and electronic health record data from a large healthcare system in Massachusetts between 2007 and 2014. We identified patients aged ≥65 years with an office visit who had not been prescribed or used a PIM in the prior 180 days. PIMs were defined using 2019 Beers criteria of the American Ger

SUBMITTER: Jungo KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7937195 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature