[Assessment of medication prescribing in a geriatric follow-up care and rehabilitation]. / Évaluation de la prescription médicamenteuse dans un service de SSR gériatrique.

The aim of the study was to analyse the prescriptions and identify the factors associated with inappropriate prescribing (IP) and polypharmacy. Polypharmacy and IP concerned 80% of the 54 patients included in the study upon admission, and 78% upon discharge without a statistically significant reduction. A critical analysis of prescriptions would help to reduce inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy in elderly patients.