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Polypharmacy in elderly Australians - can deprescribing improve health related outcomes and reduce costs?

Description: Medications are often inappropriately prescribed in elderly Australians. This research investigates whether reducing certain classes of medications results in improved patient outcomes, and what the cost implications are of inappropriately prescribed medications and the costs of a service which reduces drug useage.

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Amount: A$344,600

Funding type: fellowship

Funder scheme: Early Career Fellowships (Australia) - Australian Clinical Research ECF

Start date: 2016-01-01

End date: 2019-12-31

Investigator: Ingrid Hopper

Institution: Monash University

Funded outputs count: 3

Funder award ID: 1113314

OpenAlex ID: G2901825217

STAREE-HEART: A randomized placebo-controlled trial of atorvastatin effects on a marker of cardiac aging in older individuals without prior cardiovascular disease events: Protocol and baseline description of participants

2025 · Ingrid Hopper, Thomas H. Marwick, et al. · American Heart Journal · 4

Impact of Individual Patient Profiles on Adherence to Guideline Directed Medical Therapy in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: VCOR-HF Study

2020 · Andrea Driscoll, Diem Dinh, et al. · Heart Lung and Circulation · 10

Temporal Changes in Characteristics, Treatment and Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Findings From Melbourne Interventional Group Registry

2018 · Ken Lee Chin, Mark Tacey, et al. · Heart Lung and Circulation