Fig 1.
Flow chart of patients eligible for inclusion in the Emergency Department (ED).
Fig 2.
During emergency department (ED) stay the Intervention group (a) received standard care and pharmacist conducted systematic medication review (identifying drug-related problem), including medication reconciliation (obtaining patients’ actual drug lists). Findings from medication reconciliation and medication review were discussed with ED physician and documented in the electronical patient record. The control group (b) received standard care (by physicians and nurses).
Table 1.
Demographics of included patients.
Fig 3.
Time to next unplanned contact with hospital (ED-visit or hospital admission).
(A) Intention-to-treat analysis of patients with follow-up data, intervention group (n = 394) vs. control group (n = 395) (B) Per-protocol analysis of patients with follow-up data, intervention group (n = 267) vs. control group (n = 395).
Table 2.
Secondary outcomes (Intention-to-treat analysis) comparing intervention- and control group patients.