Potentially inappropriate prescribing and its associations with health‐related and system‐related outcomes in hospitalised older adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Review of 63 studies found that potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) was associated with an increased risk of adverse drug related hospital admissions (OR 1.91, 95%CI 1.21-3.01), functional decline (1.60, 1.28-2.01) and adverse drug reactions and events (1.26, 1.11-1.43).

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology