Home-based medication review in a high risk elderly population in primary care--the POLYMED randomised controlled trial

Lenaghan, Elizabeth; Holland, Richard; Brooks, Alison

doi:10.1093/ageing/afm036

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Home-based medication review in a high risk elderly population in primary care--the POLYMED randomised controlled trial

Published in Age and Ageing • Mar 26, 2007

Authors:

Elizabeth Lenaghan

Richard Holland

Alison Brooks

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether home-based medication review by a pharmacist for at-risk older patients in a primary care setting can reduce hospital admissions. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial comparing home-based medication review with standard care. SETTING: Home-based medication review of 136 p...

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Medicine

Pharmacist

Intervention (counseling)

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