Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Hospitalized Older Adult High-Cost Health Care Users: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-cost health care users use disproportionate amounts of health care resources relative to the typical patient. It is unclear to what extent poor-quality prescribing, including potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP), may be contributing to their adverse outcomes and health utilization costs.

Objectives

To evaluate the prevalence of PIP and to explore its impact in older adult high-cost health care users.

Methods

The charts of older adult high-cost health care users admitted to 2 academic hospitals in Ontario, Canada, in fiscal year 2015/16 were reviewed. Eligible patients were at least 66 years old with at least 5 emergency department visits and 3 hospital admissions in the previous year. A total of 243 patients met these criteria, of whom 100 were

SUBMITTER: Sanh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9245409 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature