IP criteria are clinically relevant if they significantly reduce the rate of ADRs or ADEs when applied prospectively to an unselected population of older patients in a particular clinical setting. STOPP/START criteria meet this essential requirement for clinical relevance on the basis of a highly significant reduction in ADR incidence in older hospitalised patients whose medication has been adjusted according to STOPP/START criteria compared with similar older patients receiving standard pharmaceutical care [ 8 ].
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STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 2.
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