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Impact of a nationwide prospective drug utilization review program to improve prescribing safety of potentially inappropriate medications in older adults: an interrupted time series with segmented regression analysis.

Jang S, Jeong S, Kang E, et al. Impact of a nationwide prospective drug utilization review program to improve prescribing safety of potentially inappropriate medications in older adults: an interrupted time series with segmented regression analysis. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020;30(1):17-27. doi:10.1002/pds.5140.

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November 4, 2020
Jang S, Jeong S, Kang E, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020;30(1):17-27.
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Older patients are at greater risk of experiencing adverse drug events and recent efforts have focused on avoiding prescribing high-risk medications to these patients. This study found that while implementation of a nationwide prospective drug utilization review lowered some potentially inappropriate medication prescribing among older adults in South Korea, there were no statistically significant changes in prescribing trends.

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Jang S, Jeong S, Kang E, et al. Impact of a nationwide prospective drug utilization review program to improve prescribing safety of potentially inappropriate medications in older adults: an interrupted time series with segmented regression analysis. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020;30(1):17-27. doi:10.1002/pds.5140.

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