Polypharmacy, length of hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality among elderly patients in internal medicine wards. The REPOSI study

Alessandro Nobili (1) , Giuseppe Licata (2) , Francesco Salerno (3) , Luca Pasina (1) , Mauro Tettamanti (4) , Carlotta Franchi (1) , Luigi Vittorio (1) , Alessandra Marengoni (5) , Salvatore Corrao (2) , Alfonso Iorio (6) , Maura Marcucci (6) , Pier Mannuccio Mannucci (7)

1 Laboratory for Quality Assessment of Geriatric Therapies and Services
2 Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica
3 Medicina Interna, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato
4 Laboratory of Geriatric Neuropsychiatry
5 Department of Medical and Surgery Sciences
6 Department of Internal Medicine
7 Scientific Direction, IRCCS Cà Granda Foundation Maggiore Policlinico Hospital

Mots clés: Elderly; Polypharmacy; Hospital stay; In-hospital mortality

Alessandro Nobili, Giuseppe Licata, Francesco Salerno, Luca Pasina, Mauro Tettamanti, et al.. Polypharmacy, length of hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality among elderly patients in internal medicine wards. The REPOSI study. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2011, 67 (5), pp.507-519. ⟨10.1007/s00228-010-0977-0⟩. ⟨hal-00658700⟩