Medication management at home: Medication-related risk factors associated with poor health outcomes

Abstract

Background: Some patients may have medication-related risk factors only identified by home visits, but the extent to which those risk factors are associated with poor health outcomes remains unclear. Objective: To determine the association between medication-related risk factors and poor patient health outcomes from observations in the patients' homes. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Patients' homes. Subjects: 204 general practice patients living in their own homes and at risk of medication-related poor health outcomes. Methods: Medications and medication-related risk factors were identified in the patients' homes by community pharmacists and general practitioners (GPs). The medicati..