Background: Evidence shows that suboptimum handovers at hospital discharge lead to
increased rehospitalizations and decreased quality of health care. Purpose: To …

The objective of this review was to assess the benefits and risks of medication withdrawal in
older people as documented in published trials of medication withdrawal. This was done by …

Background Patients with complex care needs who require care across different health care
settings are vulnerable to experiencing serious quality problems. A care transitions …

Background Health care transitions in the last months of life can be burdensome and
potentially of limited clinical benefit for patients with advanced cognitive and functional …

Background Despite the national attention being given to the problem of medication safety,
little attention has been paid to the medication problems that are encountered by older …

Background: Where people die can influence a number of indicators of the quality of dying.
We aimed to describe the place of death of people with cancer and its associations with …

Context Patients discharged from acute care hospitals may be at risk for unintentional
discontinuation of medications prescribed for chronic diseases. The intensive care unit (ICU) …

Background: Medication-related visits to the emergency department are an important but
poorly understood phenomenon. We sought to evaluate the frequency, severity and …

Purpose: This study attempts to determine the associations between postdischarge
environmental (PDE) and socioeconomic (SES) factors and early readmission to hospitals …

Hip fracture is a potentially devastating condition for older adults. Hip fracture leads to pain
and immobilization with complications ranging from delirium to functional loss and death …