Lectures and seminars Faculty event: Jonas Wastesson

Title

From medication discontinuation to deprescribing: evidence from routinely collected data in older adults

Abstract

Deprescribing aims to reduce medication-related harm by stopping or reducing treatments that may no longer be appropriate. Routinely collected healthcare data offer opportunities to study deprescribing in large populations but also present important methodological challenges. In particular, intentional deprescribing is difficult to distinguish from other treatment discontinuation, and associations with outcomes may be confounded by deteriorating health. This presentation discusses these challenges and uses an emulated target trial of statin discontinuation among older nursing-home residents to illustrate possible methodological approaches.

About the speaker

Jonas Wastesson is a senior research specialist at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. His research focuses on medication use in older adults, including polypharmacy, deprescribing, nursing-home care and pharmacoepidemiological methods using routinely collected healthcare data.

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Join the faculty event in Wargentin! After the seminar, the faculty lunch will be served in Ljusgården. The faculty lunches are intended for employees at MEB, and a monthly net salary deduction of 260 SEK will be made for those who work here 20% or more. If you have any questions about the lunch or specific dietary needs due to allergies, etc., please contact internservice@meb.ki.se. If you won’t be participating in the lunches for all or part of the term, our new routine is that you need to contact hr-support@meb.ki.se at the start of a new term, to be removed from the list. Retroactive adjustments will not be possible. 

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