Optimizing medication use in elderly people in primary care: Impact of STOPP criteria on inappropriate prescriptions.

Background: STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions) criteria have been used in acute care and nursing home settings as a screening tool to assess Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) for elderly people. Furthermore, this tool could help General Practitioners (GPs) to lower PIM frequency in primary care.

Objective: The aim of the study was to measure the impact of STOPP criteria applied by the GP on prescriptions during a primary care consultation.