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Low-Value Proton Pump Inhibitor Prescriptions Among Older Adults at a Large Academic Health System.
J Am Geriatr Soc
December 2019
Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Background: Older adults are particularly vulnerable to complications from proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs. We sought to characterize the prevalence of potentially low-value PPI prescriptions among older adults to inform a quality improvement (QI) intervention.
Methods: We created a cohort of patients, aged 65 years or older, receiving primary care at a large academic health system in 2018.
This research evaluated a draft preference assessment tool (draft-PAT) designed to replace the current Customary Routine section of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for nursing homes. The draft-PAT was tested with a sample of nursing home residents to evaluate survey-level administration time and noncompletion rates, as well as item-level nonresponse rates, response distributions, and test-retest reliability. Modifications to the draft-PAT were then retested with a subsample of residents.
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