BMJ : British medical journal
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Use of an electronic decision support tool to reduce polypharmacy in elderly people with chronic diseases: cluster randomised controlled trial.
To evaluate the effects of a computerised decision support tool for comprehensive drug review in elderly people with polypharmacy. ⋯ In intention-to-treat analysis, a computerised decision support tool for comprehensive drug review of elderly people with polypharmacy showed no conclusive effects on the composite of unplanned hospital admission or death by 24 months. Nonetheless, a reduction in drugs was achieved without detriment to patient outcomes.