Table 1

Medications per patient at admission

Patient age (years)No (%) of patients with no medications (N=22 452)No (%) of patients with 1–2 medications (N=7830)No (%) of patients with 3–6 medications (N=6598)No (%) of patients with 7 or more medications (N=4305)
0–28674 (20.1)2605 (9.5)1226 (3.4)446 (67.0)
2–85762 (16.1)2261 (18.1)2171 (18.5)1162 (47.3)
8–143663 (19.9)1487 (19.1)1536 (10.2)991 (50.7)
>144353 (19.4)1477 (20.0)1665 (12.9)1706 (47.7)