TY  - JOUR
AU  - Degen, Miriam
AU  - Chen, Li-Ju
AU  - Schöttker, Ben
TI  - Medication reviews in hospitalised patients for reduced hospital readmission and mortality. Systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of RCTs.
JO  - Ageing research reviews
VL  - 104
SN  - 1568-1637
CY  - Oxford [u.a.]
PB  - Elsevier
M1  - DKFZ-2025-00129
SP  - 102661
PY  - 2025
N1  - #EA:C070#LA:C070# / 2025 Feb;104:102661
AB  - Efforts to reduce preventable medication-related harm through medication reviews have increased, but interventions often yield null-results regarding clinical outcomes. We conducted a systematic literature search in four data bases and summarised the available evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing medication reviews and usual care in hospitalised patients regarding hospital readmissions and all-cause mortality by random-effects meta-analyses. Effect size differences by methodological study differences were of special interest. The meta-analysis of all 24 trials on hospital readmissions, including 12,539 participants, showed a statistically significant 8
KW  - Hospitalizations (Other)
KW  - Medication Review (Other)
KW  - Mortality (Other)
KW  - Polypharmacy (Other)
KW  - Randomized Controlled Trial (Other)
KW  - Systematic Review (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:39805472
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.arr.2025.102661
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/296216
ER  -