Factors influencing providers' willingness to deprescribe medications.
Davila H, Rosen AK, Stolzmann K, et al. Factors influencing providers' willingness to deprescribe medications. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2022;5:15-25. doi:10.1002/jac5.1537.
Deprescribing is a patient safety strategy to reduce the risk of adverse drug events, particularly for patients taking five or more medications. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical pharmacists in Veterans Affairs primary care clinics were surveyed about their beliefs, attitudes, and experiences with deprescribing. While most providers reported having patients taking potentially inappropriate or unnecessary medications, they did not consistently recommend deprescribing to their patients.