National Trends and Policy Impacts on Provision of Home Medicines Reviews and Residential Medication Management Reviews in Older Australians, 2009–2019
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Data Sources
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Impact of Program Changes on HMR Provision
3.2. Impact of Program Changes on RMMR Provision
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Home Medicines Review (HMR) | Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR) |
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Prior to October 2011 | |
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October 20111 | |
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15 March 2013 | |
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1 March 2014 | |
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1 July 20182 | |
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Month of Program Change. | Type of Change 1,2 | Estimate (95% CI) | p-Value |
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Home Medicines Reviews | |||
October 2011 | Step | −0.01 (−0.20, 0.18) | 0.90 |
Ramp | 0.03 (0.01, 0.06) | 0.04 | |
March 2013 | Step | 0.04 (−0.16, 0.23) | 0.72 |
Ramp | −0.03 (−0.09, 0.04) | 0.42 | |
March 2014 | Step | −0.32 (−0.52, −0.11) | <0.01 |
Ramp | −0.01 (−0.06, 0.04) | 0.70 | |
Residential Medication Management Reviews | |||
October 2011 | Step | −0.54 (−3.30, 2.23) | 0.70 |
Ramp | 0.05 (−0.12, 0.21) | 0.58 | |
March 2014 | Step | −12.80 (−15.22, −10.37) | <0.01 |
Ramp | −0.15 (−0.27, −0.02) | 0.02 |
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Sluggett, J.K.; Collier, L.R.; Bartholomaeus, J.D.; Inacio, M.C.; Wesselingh, S.L.; Caughey, G.E. National Trends and Policy Impacts on Provision of Home Medicines Reviews and Residential Medication Management Reviews in Older Australians, 2009–2019. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189898
Sluggett JK, Collier LR, Bartholomaeus JD, Inacio MC, Wesselingh SL, Caughey GE. National Trends and Policy Impacts on Provision of Home Medicines Reviews and Residential Medication Management Reviews in Older Australians, 2009–2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189898
Chicago/Turabian StyleSluggett, Janet K., Luke R. Collier, Jonathan D. Bartholomaeus, Maria C. Inacio, Steve L. Wesselingh, and Gillian E. Caughey. 2021. "National Trends and Policy Impacts on Provision of Home Medicines Reviews and Residential Medication Management Reviews in Older Australians, 2009–2019" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189898