Medication review interventions to reduce hospital readmissions in older people.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the efficacy of medication review as an isolated intervention and with several co-interventions for preventing hospital readmissions in older adults.

Methods

Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and CINAHL were searched for randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of medication review interventions with or without co-interventions to prevent hospital readmissions in hospitalized or recently discharged adults aged ≥65, until September 13, 2019. Included outcomes were "at least one all-cause hospital readmission within 30 days and at any time after discharge from the index admission."

Results

Twenty-five studies met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 11 studies (7,318 participants) contributed to th

SUBMITTER: Dautzenberg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247962 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature