Characteristics | Beers criteria | Hong Kong-specific criteria |
---|---|---|
Year | 2015 | 2019 |
Country | USA | Hong Kong, China |
No. of PIMs independent of diagnoses | 113 | 76 |
No. (%) of adaptive PIMs independent of diagnoses | 26 (23.0%) | 34 (44.7%) |
No. of PIMs considering specific conditions | 50 | 87 |
No. (%) of adaptive PIMs considering specific conditions | 44 (88.0%) | 66 (75.9%) |
No. (%) of patients exposed to adaptive PIMs independent of diagnoses | 228,966 (46.8%) | 235,397 (48.1%) |
No. (%) of patients exposed to adaptive PIMs considering specific medical conditions | 24,144 (4.9%) | 35,568 (7.3%) |
Total no. (%) of patients exposed to at least one PIM | 232,445 (47.5%) | 241,982 (49.5%) |