Failure to follow medication changes made at hospital discharge is associated with adverse events in 30 days. | PSNet

Failure to follow medication changes made at hospital discharge is associated with adverse events in 30 days. | PSNet

Failure to Follow Medication Changes Made at Hospital Discharge is Associated with Adverse Events in 30 Days

Weir DL, Motulsky A, Abrahamowicz M, et al. Health Serv Res. 2020

This study examined adverse events among 2,655 older adults discharged from hospitals in Montreal, Quebec, from 2014 to 2016 with medication regimen changes at discharge. At 30-days post-discharge, nearly half of patients did not adhere to at least one medication change, 26 percent visited the emergency department, 6 percent were readmitted to the hospital, and 0.5 percent died. Patients who didn’t adhere to all medication changes had a 35 percent higher risk of adverse events within 30-days post-discharge compared with those who followed all medication changes.