Improving Medication Use in Newly Admitted Home Healthcare Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Meredith S, Feldman P, Frey D, Giammarco L, Hall K, Arnold K, Brown NJ, Ray WA. Improving Medication Use in Newly Admitted Home Healthcare Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2002, 50: 1484-1491. PMID: 12383144, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50402.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHome health agenciesMedication useNonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugsMedication problemsHome care nursesTherapeutic duplicationUsual careIntervention patientsControl patientsHealth agenciesIntervention effectsPeptic ulcer complicationsProportion of patientsHome healthcare patientsLarge home health agencyHome health careAdverse intervention effectsUlcer complicationsCardiovascular medicationsQualifying patientsControlled TrialsAdrenergic effectsClinical pharmacistsNurse visitsTrial endpoints