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Table 3 Cases involving potentially inappropriate medications

From: Classification system for primary care provider eConsults about medications for older adults with frailty

Potentially Inappropriate Medication Tool

Number of Cases with a Patient Taking a Medication Included on the Tool (Percentage of Cases*)

Number of Cases Inquiring About a Medication on the Tool (n = 26) (Percentage of Cases*)

AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults

17 (59%)

3 (12%)

STOPPFall

22 (76%)

6 (23%)

Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale

20 (69%)

8 (31%)

ThinkCascades

8 (28%)

0 (0%)

  1. *Based on n = 29 cases for which a medication list was supplied