Tool for Inappropriate Prescription Evaluation: The TaIPE Study
Tool for Inappropriate Prescription Evaluation: The TaIPE Study
A mono-center, randomized controlled trial will be conducted at the University Hospital of Lausanne. Hospitalized patients will be randomly assigned from the emergency department to two sub-units composing the acute care for elders (ACE) unit. In one subunit, potentially inappropriate prescriptions will be detected and treatment optimized according PIM-Check. In the other, STOPP/START criteria will be independently applied.
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