High risk prescribing in older Australians: prevalence, outcomes and potential for intervention

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1024450

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Older people are the most likely to be prescribed medicines yet they are the most likely to be harmed by their medicines. The extent of and trends in high risk prescribing among older Australians are not known. This project will use large-scale linked data to determine the prevalence, risk factors, clinical consequences and costs of high risk prescribing among older people in Australia. The findings of this project will be used to identify targets for minimising harm relating to use of medicines.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $595,628.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

adverse effects | ageing population | functional independence | geriatrics | medications

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