Control group
The control group patients received standard care in accordance with local procedures. This implied that the admitting medical doctor in the emergency care unit was responsible for medication reconciliation. The medical doctor responsible for discharge, most often a medical doctor at the orthopaedic ward, wrote the discharge summary, including medication information. Medication reviews were not mandatory, but some patients may have received medication review as a part of hospital care, e.g. geriatric supervision (Fig. 