biostudies-literatureUnknown363Perez T<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether hospital admission is associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing among older primary care patients (aged ≥65 years) and whether such prescribing was more likely after hospital admission than before.<h4>Design</h4>Longitudinal study of retrospectively extracted data from general practice records.<h4>Setting</h4>44 general practices in Ireland in 2012-15.<h4>Participants</h4>Adults aged 65 years or over attending participating practices.<h4>Exposure</h4>Admission to hospital (any hospital admission versus none, and post-admission versus pre-admission).<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing assessed using 45 criteria from the Screening Tool for Older Persons' Prescription (STOPP) version 2, analysed bBMJ (Clinical research ed.)k4524https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6233705biostudies-literaturePrevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care and its association with hospital admission: longitudinal study.PMC6233705Perez TMcDowell RFahey TRedmond PWallace EMoriarty FfalsePrevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care and its association with hospital admission: longitudinal study.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether hospital admission is associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing among older primary care patients (aged ≥65 years) and whether such prescribing was more likely after hospital admission than before.<h4>Design</h4>Longitudinal study of retrospectively extracted data from general practice records.<h4>Setting</h4>44 general practices in Ireland in 2012-15.<h4>Participants</h4>Adults aged 65 years or over attending participating practices.<h4>Exposure</h4>Admission to hospital (any hospital admission versus none, and post-admission versus pre-admission).<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing assessed using 45 criteria from the Screening Tool for Older Persons' Prescription (STOPP) version 2, analysed b2018-01-01T00:00:00Z2018 Nov2025-04-26T07:20:45.473Z2019-03-27T00:08:48ZS-EPMC62337053042912210.1136/bmj.k4524