Therapeutic Optimization in Patients in Acute Geriatric Care at University Hospital of Montpellier

Therapeutic Optimization in Patients in Acute Geriatric Care at University Hospital of Montpellier: Follow-up One Month After Discharge From Hospital

This study involves patients who will be discharged from Montpellier University Hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020.

The primary objective is to assess the number of difference(s) in patient's medicines between the discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) and one month after this discharge.

The secondary objectives are:

• to assess the number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit);
• to evaluate the number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatment at hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit) and one month after the discharge from hospital;
• to evaluate the number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy one month after the patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit).

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020 and who will return to their home or to institution for elderly persons
• patients for whom there will be at least one change in their medicines between their admission and their discharge from hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who don't want to participate in this study