Table 1.

Demographic and medicines data for 24 patients in pilot

Age, years, median (IQR)82 (73–85)
Female, n (%)10 (41.7)
Number of diagnoses, median (IQR)9 (6–12)
Change in number of medicines prescribed, median (IQR)4 (2–5)
Total number of drugs per patient, median (IQR)Before: 12 (10.5–15.5)
After: 10 (5.5–11)a
  • ap≤0.05 by Wilcoxon signed-rank test; IQR = interquartile range.