This study investigates the effect of pharmaceutical care on a Veteran nursing home. 100 patients will be selected into this controlled study.The hypothesis are: 1. After patients receive pharmaceutical care, their drug related problems will be decreased. 2. After patients received pharmaceutical care, their self-reported medical expenditure will be decreased.
Around 200 residents in a Veteran nursing home will be selected for reviewing inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of 100 subjected are selected into this randomized controlled trial. Each group will have 50 subjects and then divides into 4 subgroup, according to their drug items used (5-7 and over 8 items used). The inclusion criteria: 1. Residents of the Veteran nursing home. 2. over 65 years old. 3. complete comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) 4. prescription drugs more than 4 times/day, excluding stat order. 5. with 2 or more chronic diseases. Exclusion criteria: 1\. residents who were in the pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacists Association.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care to the intervention group, comparing to ordinary care in control group
Changhua Domiciliar Center
Changhua, Taiwan, Taiwan
potential inappropriate medication (PIA)
Time frame: one year
drug items used
the controlled group is expected to have less drug items used.
Time frame: one year
medical expenditure
subjects self-reported outpatients visit, hospitalization, drug, and healthy supplemental used.
Time frame: one year
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