METHODS
The study was of a ‘piggyback’ bottomeup design, in
which resource use was measured in the context of
a randomised controlled study primarily designed to
investigate efficacy. The study was performed in two
internal medicine wards at Sahlgrenska University
Hospital/Mo¨lndal situated in Region Va¨stra Go¨taland in
Sweden, and the details have been reported elsewhere.13
The composite intervention consisted of (1) medication
reviews including feedback on prescribing to physicians;
(2) drug treatment discussion with the patient at
discharge and (3) a medication report including
a summary of the drug treatment changes during the
hospital stay and a medication list, given to the patient
and sent to the patient’s general practitioner (GP) at
discharge. The medication reviews aimed to identify