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Adverse Drug Events After Hospital Discharge In Older Adults: Types, Severity, And Involvement Of Beers Criteria Medications, Abir Kanaan, Jennifer Donovan, Nerissa Duchin, Terry Field, Jennifer Tjia, Sarah Cutrona, Shawn Gagne, Lawrence Garber, Peggy Preusse, Leslie Harrold, Jerry Gurwitz
Adverse Drug Events After Hospital Discharge In Older Adults: Types, Severity, And Involvement Of Beers Criteria Medications, Abir Kanaan, Jennifer Donovan, Nerissa Duchin, Terry Field, Jennifer Tjia, Sarah Cutrona, Shawn Gagne, Lawrence Garber, Peggy Preusse, Leslie Harrold, Jerry Gurwitz
Jennifer Tjia
OBJECTIVES: To characterize adverse drug events (ADEs) occurring within the high-risk 45-day period after hospitalization in older adults.
DESIGN: Clinical pharmacists reviewed the ambulatory records of 1,000 consecutive discharges.
SETTING: A large multispecialty group practice closely aligned with a Massachusetts-based health plan.
PARTICIPANTS: Hospitalized individuals aged 65 and older discharged home.
MEASUREMENTS: Possible drug-related incidents occurring during the 45-day period after hospitalization were identified and presented to a pair of physician-reviewers who classified incidents as to whether an ADE was present, whether the event was preventable, and the severity of the event. Medications implicated in ADEs were further characterized according …