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The risk of adverse drug events and hospital-related morbidity and mortality among older adults with potentially inappropriate medication use.
Page RL 2nd, Ruscin JM. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2006;4:297-305.

The investigators analyzed records of elderly patients to evaluate if prescribing medications designated by the Beers Criteria as potentially inappropriate for older adults was associated with occurrence of adverse drug events.
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