High-Risk Medication Prescriptions Among Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department
This cross-sectional study identifies the prescribing rate and most commonly prescribed classes of potentially inappropriate medications for older patients at emergency department discharge.
Authors
- Rohit B. Sangal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0435-7029)
- C. Gettel
- Mark Iscoe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4446-2488)
- Todd M. Conner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6035-8571)
- D. Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2564-7754)
- Sarah Follman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3976-7914)
- Daniella Meeker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1034-7628)
- Ula Hwang
- Terri R. Fried
- Arjun K Venkatesh
Institutions
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- Yale University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.7883
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
- National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences