Journal article
Polypharmacy, length of hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality among elderly patients in internal medicine wards. The REPOSI study
Abstract
PurposesWe evaluated the prevalence and factors associated with polypharmacy and investigated the role of polypharmacy as a predictor of length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality.MethodsThirty-eight internal medicine wards in Italy participated in the Registro Politerapie SIMI (REPOSI) study during 2008. One thousand three hundred and thirty-two in-patients aged ≥65 years were enrolled. Polypharmacy was defined as the concomitant use of …
Authors
Nobili A; Licata G; Salerno F; Pasina L; Tettamanti M; Franchi C; De Vittorio L; Marengoni A; Corrao S; Iorio A
Journal
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 507–519
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
5 2011
DOI
10.1007/s00228-010-0977-0
ISSN
0031-6970