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SUBMITTER: Johansen JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7268415 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johansen Jeanette Schultz JS Halvorsen Kjell H KH Svendsen Kristian K Havnes Kjerstin K Garcia Beate H BH
BMC geriatrics 20200601 1
<h4>Background</h4>The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are associated with negative health effects for older adults. The purpose of this study was to apply national register data to investigate the impact of hospitalisation to geriatric wards in Norway on the use of medications and PIMs, and to compare two explicit PIM identification tools.<h4>Methods</h4>We included 715 patients ≥65 years (mean 82.5, SD = 7.8) admitted to Norwegian geriatric wards in 2013 identified from The ...[more]