Medication-related hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge-A retrospective study of risk factors in older adults.

<h4>Background</h4>Previous studies have shown that approximately 20% of hospital readmissions can be medication-related and 70% of these readmissions are possibly preventable. This retrospective medical records study aimed to find risk factors associated with medication-related readmiss...

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Main Authors: Maria Glans, Annika Kragh Ekstam, Ulf Jakobsson, Åsa Bondesson, Patrik Midlöv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253024