Unintended discontinuation of medication following hospitalisation: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Whether unintended discontinuation of common, evidence-based, long-term medication occurs after hospitalisation; what factors are associated with unintended discontinuation; and whether the presence of documentation of medication at hospital discharge is associated with continuity of medication in general practice.

Design

Retrospective cohort study between 2012 and 2015.

Setting

Electronic records and hospital supplied discharge notifications in 44 Irish general practices.

Participants

20 488 patients aged 65 years or more prescribed long-term medication for chronic conditions.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Discontinuity of four evidence-based medication drug classes: antithrombotic, lipid-lowering, thyroid replacement drugs and respiratory i

SUBMITTER: Redmond P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6561421 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature