منابع مشابه
Automating the medication regimen complexity index
OBJECTIVE To adapt and automate the medication regimen complexity index (MRCI) within the structure of a commercial medication database in the post-acute home care setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS In phase 1, medication data from 89 645 electronic health records were abstracted to line up with the components of the MRCI: dosage form, dosing frequency, and additional administrative directions. A...
متن کاملRegimen complexity and medication nonadherence in elderly patients
OBJECTIVE To assess whether the number of daily administrations of individual drugs, as a measure of regimen complexity, contributes to the profile of an elderly patient who adheres poorly to the prescribed therapy. POPULATION Six hundred ninety patients over 64 years who were consecutively admitted to 11 acute medical care and three long term/rehabilitation wards in Italy. MAIN OUTCOME MEA...
متن کاملMedication regimen complexity in ambulatory older adults with heart failure
PURPOSE Heart failure prevalence is increasing in older adults, and polypharmacy is a major problem in this population. We compared medication regimen complexity using the validated patient-level Medication Regimen Complexity Index (pMRCI) tool in "young-old" (60-74 years) versus "old-old" (75-89 years) patients with heart failure. We also compared pMRCI between patients with ischemic cardiomyo...
متن کاملAssociations among medication regimen complexity, medical specialty, and medication possession ratio in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients
The aim of this study was to explore the associations among the medication regimen complexity index (MRCI), medical specialty, and medication possession ratio (MPR) in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients.Data from 19,859 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients were collected from 2,000,000 random samples of the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. All study participants were f...
متن کاملMedication Regimen Complexity and Polypharmacy as Factors Associated With All-Cause Mortality in Older People
OBJECTIVES To investigate whether medication regimen complexity and/or polypharmacy are associated with all-cause mortality in older people. METHODS This was a population-based cohort study among community-dwelling and institutionalized people ≥60 years old (n = 3348). Medication regimen complexity was assessed using the 65-item Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI) in 10-unit steps. Pol...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Internal Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0884-8734,1525-1497
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016002077.x