Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions in Elderly Adults Surviving an Intensive Care Unit Hospitalization
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Hospitalization and death associated with potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions among elderly nursing home residents.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0002-8614,1532-5415
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12329