Polypharmacy, Inappropriate Prescribing and Adverse Drug Events in Japan
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Inappropriate prescribing and adverse drug events in older people
Inappropriate prescribing (IP) in older patients is highly prevalent and is associated with an increased risk of adverse drug events (ADEs), morbidity, mortality and healthcare utilisation. Consequently, IP is a major safety concern and with changing population demographics, it is likely to become even more prevalent in the future. IP can be detected using explicit or implicit prescribing indic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General and Family Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2189-7948
DOI: 10.14442/jgfm.17.1_3