Profiles of included patients
| Number of drugs at | Discharged to | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis (ICD-10), polypharmacy | Sex | Age (years) | Referred from PC | Hospital admission | Hospital discharge | Home | Nursing home | Definition of vulnerability (living alone, low socio-economic status, low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided) |
| Severe COPD, polypharmacy | M | 77 | No | 10 | 10 | X | Low socio-economic status, low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided | |
| Onset of ulcerative colitis/acute MI, polypharmacy | F | 87 | Yes | 7 | 7 | X | Low socio-economic status, low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided, lived in a deprived area | |
| Nephritic syndrome, polypharmacy | F | 69 | No | 10 | 13 | X | Low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided, lived alone, still working | |
| Acute pyelonephritis, polypharmacy | M | 84 | No | 6 | 6 | X | Linguistic barrier, low socio-economic status, low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided | |
| Cellulitis and foot abscess, polypharmacy | F | 67 | No | Not available | 16 | X | Low socio-economic status, low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided, lived alone | |
| Bilateral carpal inflammation/COPD, polypharmacy | F | 73 | No | 11 | 11 | X | Low socio-economic status, low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided, lived alone in a deprived area | |
| Cardiac failure/paroxysmal AF, polypharmacy | F | Not available | No | 6 | 7 | X | Low socio-economic status, low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided | |
| Mitral valve replacement/hypertension/type II DM/CVA, polypharmacy | F | 66 | No | 7 | 7 | X | Linguistic barrier, low socio-economic status, low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided | |
| Colorectal cancer/COPD/hypertension/obesity/chronic heart failure, polypharmacy | F | 73 | No | 7 | 7 | X | Low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided | |
| Pancreatitis/type II DM/bile duct cancer | M | 56 | No | 11 | 13 | X | Low socio-economic status, low education | |
| Cardiac stent, polypharmacy | M | 81 | No | 8 | 9 | X | Low socio-economic status, low education, difficulties in comprehending information provided | |
| Surgery for cancer of the rectum/type II DM, polypharmacy | M | 63 | No | 7 | 7 | X | Low socio-economic status, low education | |
AF, atrial fibrillation; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; DM, diabetes mellitus; F, female; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition; M, male; MI, myocardial infarction; PC, primary care.