The outcomes of considering goals of care in medication reviews for older adults: a systematic review.

Introduction: This is a systematic review of prescribing, clinical, patient-reported, and health utilization outcomes of goal-directed medication reviews in older adults.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS and CINAHL databases to identify studies examining outcomes of goal-directed medication reviews in humans, with mean/median age ≥ 60 years and in English.

Results: Seventeen out of 743 articles identified were included.