The high prevalence of PIM exposure among older adults is a substantial issue in the region. Knowing how patient and GP characteristics relate to PIMs exposure may improve the design and targeting of initiatives for improving prescribing safety in this population.

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those of EU and IDF criteria were 91.8% and 86.9% respectively. Similarly the NPV was highest for the NCEP criteria followed by the EU (99.3%) and IDF (98.3%) criteria. The kappa-statistics showed highest agreement with the NCEP criteria (kappa= 0.90) while the IDF (kappa= 0.46) and EU criteria (kappa= 0.33) displayed moderate and fair levels of agreement respectively with the WHO criteria. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that NCEP criteria displayed best performance parameters relative to WHO criteria and may serve as alternative to the WHO criteria when comparing other definitions used in older studies to current studies.

s133hospital admissions (0.98; 0.96-0.99). No difference was observed among admissions for ACSCs. ConClusions: These findings suggest MH healthcare is associated with improvements in healthcare utilization rates. Additional healthcare utilization outcomes should be evaluated and further longitudinal analyses, including adjustments for other potential confounders, should be conducted as more MHs are implemented and additional years' data become available.

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FRES category. The Google search engine had the best scores, presenting 27 (54%) certified websites, 33 (66%) with complete drug information, 38 (76%) reliable websites, and an average of 9 th grade level readability (FKGL score). Conclusions: Findings suggest that drug information on the three search engines was consistently inconsistent. If this continues, consumers will get immune to such information and its value may diminish. Further, it could cause consumers to take inappropriate decisions due to incomplete information.

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