This observational study will determine the prevalence of underprescription in a cohort of elderly patients, recruited at the time of an outpatient geriatric visit, or hospitalized, upon admission to a geriatric ward.
Geriatric ward admission or outpatient geriatric appointment
Capacity to provide informed consent by the patient or legal guardian
Limited life expectancy as measured by the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) >8
Older patients at admission to a geriatric ward or at the time of outpatient geriatric visits
Case-only
Prospective
Not listed
Rate of potential prescription omissions (PPOs)
Prevalence of potential prescription omissions (PPOs) will be evaluated by Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment (START) criteria version 3 in aged patients enrolled on admission to geriatric departments of participating centers or during geriatric outpatient clinic visits
Characterisation of the potential prescription omissions (PPOs)
The reasons for underprescription will be investigated to differentiate between justified and inappropriate potential prescriptive omissions (PPOs). Patients and/or their family members and/or the general practitioner will be interviewed to assess the potential reasons related to underprescription.
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