Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of included NHs

	Intervention n = 27	Control n = 28
Canton (n, % of all included NHs)
Vaud	21 (38%)	23 (41%)
Fribourg	6 (11%)	6 (11%)
NH mission (n, % of all included NHs)
Geriatric	16 (29%)	19 (35%)
Psycho-geriatric a	11 (20%)	9 (16%)
Number of average residents	48 [33–81]	35 [22–47]
Number of GPs	2 [1–3]	1 [1–2]
Proportion of potentially inappropriate galenic units	26% [20–30%]	22% [6–45%]
Number of potentially inappropriate DDD b	2.4 [1.8–2.7]	2.4 [1.9–2.7]
Of which to avoid b	0.3 [0.2–0.5]	0.4 [0.2–0.5]
Of which to reevaluate b	1.9 [1.6–2.3]	2.1 [1.6–2.3]
Mortality rate	32% [26–42%]	34% [26–48%]
Days in hospital c	2.7 [1.5–3.4]	2.5 [1.5–3.8]
Number of falls c	2.3 [1.7–3.3]	2.3 [1.4–3.1]
Rate of physical restraint use	23% [12–39%]	27% [12–45%]

NH nursing home; all data are median [IQR], unless otherwise specified; ^a: including NHs caring for both geriatric and psycho-geriatric residents; ^b: reported per average resident and per day. ^c: reported per average resident and per year