Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: PurposePrevious research has shown that the average age at hospice admission is 77.5 years. 1 This is important given the fact that older adults account for 34% of prescription drug use and 30% of nonprescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medication use. 2 Due to age-related physiologic changes, polypharmacy, and inappropriate prescribing and monitoring, older adults are at an increased risk of serious adverse drug events.2 Previous research has shown that 8 of the top 25 drugs used by hospice patients are nonprescription medications, 1 however this may be an underestimation as patients and caregivers frequently
Source: Postgraduate Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4241244046