Optimising Prescribing in Older Australians: a randomised trial of the drug burden index with home medicines review

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1039434

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The burden of polypharmacy in the older population is taking its toll. The average number of medicines prescribed to older Australians is on the rise, and in turn leading to increased significant costs to the public health system. Pharmacists have a crucial role to improve the quality use of medicines in older Australians. The Drug Burden Index measures a person’s total exposure to medicines. This project will evaluate the benefits of calculating the DBI for patients receiving Home Medicines Reviews, conducted by pharmacists.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $96,436.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

adverse events | clinical patient management | healthy ageing | patient safety | quality use

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