Demographics of the study population
| Intervention group (n=36) | Control group (n=55) | P value | |
| Age in years, mean (range) | 81 (63–94) | 79 (57–102) | 0.249 |
| Females, n (%) | 22 (61) | 34 (62) | 0.559 |
| Discharged from (department) | 0.249 | ||
| Neurology, n (%) | 14 (39) | 29 (53) | |
| Pulmonary, n (%) | 14 (39) | 20 (36) | |
| General internal medicine, n (%) | 8 (22) | 6 (11) | |
| Discharged to | 0.105 | ||
| Home care services, n (%) | 27 (75) | 33 (60) | |
| Nursing home, n (%) | 9 (25) | 22 (40) | |
| Duration of hospitalisation in days, mean (range) | 7.3 (1–36) | 7.1 (1–21) | 0.645 |
| Medicines at admission to hospital (n), mean (range) | 8.3 (1–19) | 7.5 (0–16) | 0.471 |
| Medicines at discharge from hospital (n), mean (range) | 9.4 (1–19) | 8.9 (1–21) | 0.502 |
| Medicines at home care service/nursing home (n) | 9.8 (1–19) | 8.6 (1–23) | 0.139 |