Pharmacist's Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Introduction and Evaluation at Elderly Patient Admission.

Background: The role of the clinical pharmacist within the healthcare system remains unclear.

Objective: Our objective was to describe a pharmacist's comprehensive geriatric assessment (pCGA) at admission of elderly patients and to assess its relevance in terms of medication compliance and pharmacist interventions (PIs).

Methods: We conducted a prospective interventional study over 29 months in a 34-bed medical/rehabilitation geriatric ward in a French geriatric hospital.