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).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
500
Comparison of patient's medicines: * between patient's discharge from hospital and one month after this discharge (acute geriatric care unit) * between patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit
UH Montpellier
Montpellier, France
Number of medicines prescribed
Number of medicines prescribed by general practitioner different from those prescribed at patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)
Time frame: One month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)
Number of medicines' changes
Number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)
Time frame: At patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)
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