A Comprehensive Pharmacist Intervention to Reduce Morbidity in Patients 80 Years or Older

intervention group and 186 in the control group) were analyzed. For the intervention group, there was a 16% reduction in all visits to the hospital (quotient, 1.88 vs 2.24; estimate, 0.84; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.720.99) and a 47% reduction in visits to the emergency department (quotient, 0.35 vs 0.66; estimate, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.37-0.75). Drug-related readmissions were reduced by 80% (quotient, 0.06 vs 0.32; estimate, 0.20; 95% CI, 0.100.41). After inclusion of the intervention costs, the total cost per patient in the intervention group was $230 lower than that in the control group.