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Table 3 The rate of readmissions within 30 and 90 days

From: Effectiveness of pharmacist intervention for deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications: a prospective observational study

  

Without PIMs group (n = 304)

No suggestions group (n = 115)

Suggested group (n = 125)

P values

Without PIMs group vs Suggested group

No suggestions group vs Suggested group

Without PIMs group vs No suggestions group

Readmissions within 30 days

n (%)

10 (3.3)

1 (0.9)

7 (5.6)

0.28

0.068

0.30

Readmissions within 90 days

n (%)

24 (7.9)

2 (1.7)

9 (7.2)

1.00

0.062

0.021

  1. The Fisher’s exact test followed by Bonferroni correction was used to compare the proportions of categorical variables between three groups, and P values < 0.017 were considered to indicate statistical significance
  2. Abbreviations: PIMs potentially inappropriate medications