Journal article
Exploring Variation in Rates of Polypharmacy Across Long Term Care Homes
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Use of multiple, concurrent drug therapies, often referred to as polypharmacy, is a concern in the long term care (LTC) setting, where frail older adults are particularly at risk for adverse events. We quantified the scope of this practice by exploring variation in the use of nine or more drug therapies across LTC homes.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of LTC home census data.
Authors
Bronskill SE; Gill SS; Paterson JM; Bell CM; Anderson GM; Rochon PA
Journal
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 309.e15–309.e21
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2012
DOI
10.1016/j.jamda.2011.07.001
ISSN
1525-8610