Does home based medication review keep older people out of hospital? The HOMER randomised controlled trial

R Holland, E Lenaghan, I Harvey, R Smith… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether home based medication review by pharmacists affects
hospital readmission rates among older people. Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting …

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

E Lenaghan, R Holland, A Brooks - Age and ageing, 2007 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Home-based medication review in older people: is it cost effective?

M Pacini, RD Smith, ECF Wilson, R Holland - Pharmacoeconomics, 2007 - Springer
Background: Medication review by pharmacists is increasingly being implemented in the
primary care setting and has been incorporated into the new pharmacy contract in the UK …

Evaluation of home‐based follow‐up of high‐risk elderly patients discharged from hospital

M Naunton, GM Peterson - Journal of Pharmacy Practice and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To evaluate pharmacist‐conducted follow‐up at home of high‐risk elderly patients
discharged from hospital. Method: A randomised controlled study, in which medical patients …

Clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly people living in care homes—randomised controlled trial

AG Zermansky, DP Alldred, DR Petty… - Age and …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Objective: to measure the impact of pharmacist-conducted clinical medication review with
elderly care home residents. Design: randomised controlled trial of clinical medication …

Does pharmacist‐led medication review help to reduce hospital admissions and deaths in older people? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

R Holland, J Desborough, L Goodyer… - British journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We set out to determine the effects of pharmacist‐led medication review in older people by
means of a systematic review and meta‐analysis covering 11 electronic databases …

'Seamless care? Just a list would have helped!'Older people and their carer's experiences of support with medication on discharge home from hospital

DA Knight, D Thompson, E Mathie… - Health …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Many older people use one or more prescribed medicines on a daily basis.
Effective medicines management at hospital discharge can support appropriate use of …

Process, impact and outcomes of medication review in Australian residential aged care facilities: A systematic review

EYH Chen, KN Wang, JK Sluggett… - … journal on ageing, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To systematically review literature reporting processes, impact and outcomes of
medication review and reconciliation in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACF s) …

Medication review interventions to reduce hospital readmissions in older people

L Dautzenberg, L Bretagne, HL Koek… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the efficacy of medication review as an isolated intervention and with
several co‐interventions for preventing hospital readmissions in older adults. Methods Ovid …

The value of inpatient pharmaceutical counselling to elderly patients prior to discharge

SA Al‐Rashed, DJ Wright, N Roebuck… - British journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The use of medication and information discharge summaries (MIDS) has become a
standard procedure in many hospitals. We have evaluated if these summaries, together with …