Geographic and socioeconomic differences in potentially inappropriate medication among older adults – applying a simplified analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (AIHDA) for basic comparisons of healthcare quality
The prevalence of PIM was higher than the desired benchmark value. There were disparities between group averages, but overall, the regional and socioeconomic differences were very small as informed by their low AUC values. Therefore, interventions to reduce PIM in Sweden should be universal rather than only targeted at the regions and socioeconomic strata with the highest PIM prevalence.
Authors
- Juan Merlo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8379-9708)
- Kani Khalaf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6749-7037)
- Kristina Johnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-7699)
- Johan Fastbom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9656-4668)
- Raquel Pérez-Vicente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6273-1656)
- Johan Öberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0701-5155)
Institutions
- Lund University (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Sweden Water Research (Sweden) (SE)
- Skåne University Hospital (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13335-y
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Lunds Universitet