Reducing Costs by Deprescribing Medications

Reducing Healthcare Costs in Older Adults by Deprescribing Unnecessary, Harmful, and Costly Medications

The purpose of the study is to implement a pharmacist-led deprescribing intervention for adults 65 and older taking 10 or more medications at University of Texas (UT) Physicians clinics and to assess the effect of the pharmacist intervention on the incidence of adverse drug reactions, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations as well as costs to the patient and to the healthcare system in adults 65 and older taking 10 or more medications treated at UT Physicians.

Inclusion Criteria:

- taking 10 or more regular medications

Exclusion Criteria:

• not receiving primary care at UT Physicians