TY  - JOUR
T1  - EFfect of a pharmacist medication review in elderly patients discharged from the hospital
AU  - Ahmad A, Nijpels G, Dekker JM, Kostense PJ, Hugtenburg JG
Y1  - 2012/09/24
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2816
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1346
EP  - 1347
VL  - 172
IS  - 17
N2  - 
During hospital admission, several changes in a patient's drug regimen are often introduced. After discharge, patients frequently do not know which drugs to take, and 20% of the patients experience an adverse event.1- 2 Medication review is a successful intervention to improve medication safety.3 We studied the effect of medication review consisting of medication analysis, treatment analysis, patient interview, and counseling by community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on the occurrence of drug-related problems (DRPs) among elderly patients discharged from the hospital.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2816
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2816
ER  -