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For the number of chronic conditions, the OR was increased and was significant from two or more chronic conditions, and for the number of medicines from the use of five or more medicines, in the univariate analysis. Use of PIM has no association with hospitalisation in the full model. The number of chronic conditions and medicines in the full models continued to have strong associations for hospitalisation, from five to seven chronic conditions (OR 1.86, 95% CI 1.49 to 2.33) and use of five to nine medicines (OR 1.46, 95% CI 1.21 to 1.77) at the same time.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The number of chronic conditions and medications are important for the odds of hospitalisation, while the use of PIM, according to the definition used in this study, was no significant in the full model.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2019-029477","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,27]],"date-time":"2019-09-27T14:09:08Z","timestamp":1569593348000},"page":"e029477","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Importance of potentially inappropriate medications, number of chronic conditions and medications for the risk of hospitalisation in elderly in Sweden: a case\u2013control study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4831-3888","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kristine","family":"Thorell","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Sciences Malm\u00f6, Lund University, Malm\u00f6, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5871-8731","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patrik","family":"Midl\u00f6v","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Sciences Malm\u00f6, Lund University, Malm\u00f6, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Johan","family":"Fastbom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Aging Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anders","family":"Halling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Sciences Malm\u00f6, Lund University, Malm\u00f6, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025101813321429000_9.9.e029477.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00228-007-0422-1"},{"key":"2025101813321429000_9.9.e029477.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2458-12-575","article-title":"Licit prescription drug use in a Swedish population according to age, gender and socioeconomic status after adjusting for level of multi-morbidity","volume":"12","author":"Thorell","year":"2012","journal-title":"BMC Public Health"},{"key":"2025101813321429000_9.9.e029477.3","first-page":"1417","article-title":"Assessing and measuring chronic multimorbidity in the older population: a proposal for its Operationalization","volume":"72","author":"Calder\u00f3n-Larra\u00f1aga","year":"2017","journal-title":"J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci"},{"key":"2025101813321429000_9.9.e029477.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2125.2006.02744.x"},{"key":"2025101813321429000_9.9.e029477.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/bcp.12596"},{"key":"2025101813321429000_9.9.e029477.6","unstructured":"Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare . 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