Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
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Effect of medication reviews on patient and health outcomes among older women.

Approved: 2019

Collaborators:

  • Prof Julie Byles
  • Dr Syed Hasan
  • Ms Peta Forder
  • Mr Dominic Cavenagh
  • A/Prof Therese Kairuz
  • Dr Pei Se Wong
  • Mr Nick Egan

Synopsis

In Australia, the Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR) is provided for people in aged care facilities, and the Domiciliary Medication Management Review (DMMR) is provided for community-dwelling older people. These services are remunerated by the Australian government and have been shown to improve medication use and patient-reported and health outcomes. This study seeks to determine medication use, and the uptake and impact of medication reviews among women of the ALSWH cohort of 1921-1926, and how they relate to overall medication use, particularly the use of inappropriate medications