Adherence to Medications after Hospital Discharge in the Elderly

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Variables	Mean (range)
Age	76 years (65–94)
Gender
Male	21 (45.6%)
Female	25 (54.4%)
Number of medications per patient	9.98 prescription meds (2–21); 1.83 herbal/vitamins (0–9)
Length of stay	4.31 days (1–13)
Number of chronic diseases	6.98 diseases (2–14)