Decrease of Anticholinergic Drug Use in Nursing Home Residents in the United States, 2009 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the time course of anticholinergic drug use in nursing home residents and assess if any temporal change in anticholinergic use varied by nursing home quality rating.

Design

Retrospective repeated cross-sectional analysis of Medicare enrollment, Parts A, B, and D, claims data linked to the Minimum Data Set from 2009 to 2017.

Setting

Medicare-certified nursing homes.

Participants

Long-term residents 65 years or older with nursing home stay of at least 100 consecutive days within a given calendar year.

Measurements

Estimates of anticholinergic drug prescription rates between 2009 and 2017 were based on a binary variable indicating whether a resident received a drug with high anticholinergic activity, as defined by the Anticholinergi

SUBMITTER: Malagaris I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285038 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature