Impact of Pharmacist-Led Medication Therapy Management on Elderly Patients, 2016-2018

525 drug-related problems were identified in a study of pharmacist-led medication therapy management for ambulatory elderly patients with chronic diseases. The data, from Xin Wang's research, was collected from pharmacist outpatient clinics between January 2016 and June 2018. It shows changes in clinical outcomes like blood pressure and lipid levels, as well as medication costs.

Use Cases

• Predicting drug-related problems based on patient factors like the number of drugs taken.
• Analyzing the acceptance and implementation rates of pharmacist recommendations.
• Evaluating cost savings from medication therapy management interventions.
• Modeling the impact of interventions on clinical biomarkers like blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

Strengths

• Contains specific, quantified outcomes including 525 identified drug-related problems.
• Reports statistically significant changes in clinical measures (blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides) and medication costs.
• Documents high patient acceptance (92.38%) and implementation (90.48%) rates for interventions.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and source bias inherent to a single research study.

Provenance

Source

Xin Wang

Collection Method

Consecutive patients were enrolled from pharmacist outpatient clinics.

Time Range

January 2016 to June 2018