OPtimising thERapy to prevent Avoidable hospital admissions in the Multimorbid elderly
- Conditions
- PolypharmacyMultimorbid elderlyHospital admissionsMedication review
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28225
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 2000
Inclusion Criteria
Men and women 70 years of age or older Multimorbidity: 3 or more coexistent chronic conditions defined by 3 distinct ICD-10 codes with an estimated duration of 6 months or more. Polypharmacy i.e. five or more different regular drugs (defined as authorised medications with registration numbers) for more than 30 days. Estimated minimal length of stay within the cluster is sufficient to apply the intervention
Exclusion Criteria
Inability to provide informed consent or to obtain informed consent from a proxy for patients with cognitive impairment
Direct admission to palliative care (< 24h after admission)
Has passed or will pass a systematic structured drug review during this hospitalisation or within the last two months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method