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Table 2 Categories of outcomes measured in the included studies

From: Development of a model of medication review for use in clinical practice: Bristol medication review model

Category of outcome

Outcome

No. of studies reporting outcome

No. of studies showing improvement in outcome

References to studies showing improvement (Additional file 1: Appendix 3)

Service use

Unplanned hospital admissions

15

0b

A7b

Patient experience

Quality of lifea

15

1

A12

Number of medications

13

7

A3, A8, A11, A12, A24, A25, A27

Medication adherence

9

3

A3, A10, A13

Safety

Drug-related problems

11

4

A10, A17, A22, A23

Cognitive function

4

1

A22

Number of falls

4

1

A26

Mortality

Mortality

8

0

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Cost

Medication cost reduction

6

3

A8, A24, A27

Efficacy

Efficacy

2

1

A25

  1. aPart of the core outcome set for polypharmacy medication review (Beuscart et al. [21])
  2. bSingle study showed an increase in admissions