作者
Kate N Wang, J Simon Bell, Esa YH Chen, Julia FM Gilmartin-Thomas, Jenni Ilomäki
发表日期
2018/5
来源
Drugs & aging
卷号
35
页码范围
423-457
出版商
Springer International Publishing
简介
Background
Residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are at high risk of hospitalization. Medications are a potentially modifiable risk factor for hospitalizations.
Objective
Our objective was to systematically review the association between medications or prescribing patterns and hospitalizations from LTCFs.
Methods
We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) from inception to August 2017 for longitudinal studies reporting associations between medications or prescribing patterns and hospitalizations. Two independent investigators completed the study selection, data extraction and quality assessment using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Tools.
Results
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