Mengyuan Fu, Yuezhen Zhu, Guilin Wei, Aichen Yu, Fanghui Chen, Yuanpeng Tang, Zining Wang, Guoying Wang, Qingpeng Liu, Chunyuan Zhong, Jinghong Liu, Jie Zhong, Ping Tian, Debao Li, Xixi Li, Luwen Shi, Xiaodong Guan
BACKGROUND: Due to a lack of related research, we aimed to determine the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation intervention in China. METHODS: We conducted a multicentre, prospective, open-label, assessor-blinded, cluster, nonrandomised controlled study at six county-level hospitals, with hospital wards serving as the clusters. We included patients discharged from the sampled hospitals who were aged ≥60 years; had ≥1 studied diagnoses; and were prescribed with ≥3 medications at discharge...
April 12, 2024: Journal of Global Health