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Reducing Healthcare Costs in Older Adults by Deprescribing Unnecessary, Harmful, and Costly Medications
The purpose of the study is to implement a pharmacist-led deprescribing intervention for adults 65 and older taking 10 or more medications at University of Texas (UT) Physicians clinics and to assess the effect of the pharmacist intervention on the incidence of adverse drug reactions, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations as well as costs to the patient and to the healthcare system in adults 65 and older taking 10 or more medications treated at UT Physicians.
Age
65 - No limit years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Start Date
December 9, 2019
Primary Completion Date
June 1, 2022
Completion Date
June 1, 2022
Last Updated
November 22, 2022
419
ACTUAL participants
Deprescribing Intervention
BEHAVIORAL
Usual Care
BEHAVIORAL
Lead Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Collaborators
Data Source & Attribution
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