Why the study?
Does pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation at discharge reduce 30-day readmissions in elderly patients with COPD?
Population
29 patients aged 65 years and older admitted for a COPD exacerbation between January 31, 2012, and February…
Comparison
Pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation… vs Baseline data (historical control).
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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May support pharmacist reconciliation lowering readmissions in elderly COPD; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Does pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation at discharge reduce 30-day readmissions in elderly patients with COPD?
Pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation at discharge may decrease medication discrepancies and 30-day readmission rates in elderly patients with COPD.
Christine Eisenhower (2013) studied this question.
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