Table 1.

Patient characteristics of frail older patients taking high-risk medications at hospital discharge (n = 359)

Variables	n	Per cent	Mean (SD)
Demographic factors
Age
>75	165	46.0
65–74	194	54.0
White race	258	71.9
Married	157	52.1
Health status factors
Number of high-risk medications			3.86 (2.08)
Charlson Comorbidity Index			2.51 (1.93)
Basic activities of daily living			2.71 (1.99)
Fair/poor self-rated health	228	63.5

SD, standard deviation.