Comprehensive Management of Drug Prescriptions Throughout the Elderly Person's Hospital Care, From Hospital to Home: Impact on Readmission at 30 Days After Delivery
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Control
- Conditions
- Elderly
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University
- Enrollment
- 109
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Rate of readmission at 30 days
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 days ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the impact of optimizing drug prescriptions on re-admissions of elderly patients within 30 days after hospital discharge. It compares a group of patients receiving comprehensive care (medication reconciliation at hospital entry, multidisciplinary medication review, and medication reconciliation at discharge), versus another group that does not benefit from the program.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients hospitalized in the department of short geriatric stay
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients already included in the study, and readmitted in the same service.
Arms & Interventions
Control
Standard healthcare procedures
experimental: Reconciliation group
medical reconciliation at admission, multidisciplinary medication review, medical reconciliation at discharge of the hospital
Intervention: global care
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Rate of readmission at 30 days
Time Frame: 30 days
Evaluate the impact of optimizing drug prescriptions on re-admissions of elderly patients within 30 days of return to home.Only direct re-admissions to emergency and geriatric short-stay services in participating centres will be counted.
Secondary Outcomes
- Time between discharge and first readmission(30 days)
- Rate of changes in the prescription after hospital discharge by the general practitioner(30 days)
- Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) score(30 days)