#prescribingcascades

Detection of Potential Prescribing Cascades in Multimorbid Older Patients Hospitalised with Acute Illness—An Observational Prospective Prevalence Study - Drugs & Aging Background Prescribing cascades occur when a new drug is prescribed to treat an adverse drug event caused by an existing medication, resulting in unnecessary, or potentially hazardous additional drugs...

In this study, prescribing cascades were identified in 12.4% of older patients admitted to hospital. #geriatrics #prescribingcascades link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Older adults in lower socioeconomic status groups "based on income or educational attainment more frequently experienced polypharmacy or co-prescribing suggesting a prescribing cascade than those in higher SES groups"

#prescribingcascades #polypharmacy