Physician Perspectives on Real-World Evidence for Prescribing to Older Patients

Interviewed physicians saw real-world evidence (RWE) as valuable for filling evidence gaps when prescribing medications to older adults, but expressed concerns about data quality, confounding, and interpretation of such information, emphasizing reliance on trusted sources such as professional guidelines. Closer collaboration between RWE researchers and guideline developers is necessary to ensure actionable, clinically meaningful dissemination of RWE.