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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the proportion of older adults who use inappropriate medications — OA‑02

Status: Baseline only

  
Baseline only
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Most Recent Data:
15.9 percent (2015)

Target:
11.2 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
15.9 percent of adults aged 65 years and over used inappropriate medications in 2015

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Reduce the proportion of older adults who use inappropriate medications

Target-Setting Method
Projection

Data Source:  Medical Expenditure Panel (MEPS), AHRQ

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Summary

Some medications are linked to more risks than benefits for older adults, often because of side effects related to aging. But many older adults get prescriptions for these medications anyway. Health care providers can use the nationally accepted Beers criteria to keep older adults from getting inappropriate medications.

Topics:  Older Adults, Injury Prevention

Workgroup: Older Adults Workgroup

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