Medication Therapy Management - Farmacotherapie management Medication errors - Medicatiefouten Drug Utilization Review - Medicatiebeoordeling Polypharmacy - Polyfarmacie Aged - Ouderen Primary Health Care - Eerste lijns zorg Pharmacists - Apothekers Hospitalization - Hospitalisatie
Conditions
Interventions
In a prospective, non-randomised controlled intervention with pre/post comparison (quasi experimental design) the outcomes of
three implementation strategies with three models of pharmaceutical care p
B) In the community pharmacists with additional training arm, 10 pharmacists and their collaborating GP practices will be
involved. The pharmacists will attend the ‘PIAF’ or the ‘Service ApotheekFarma
Sponsors
ZonMw
Achmea
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patients ≥ 60 years; - Polypharmacie (≥ 5 different chronic medications); - Use of cardiovasculair medication (ATC B/C); - Multi-morbidity (Frailty index ≥ 0.20)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| medication-related hospital admissions in elderly patients with multimorbidity, cardiovascular disease and polypharmacy. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| cardiovascular events, quality indicators including blood pressure, laboratory markers and prescription indicators, the consumption of health care and related costs, prescription changes in elderly patients with multimorbidity, cardiovascular disease and polypharmacy. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactA.J. Leendertse
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht Julius Centrum voor Gezondheidswetenschappen en Eerstelijns Geneeskunde Heidelberglaan 100
Outcome results
None listed