Inappropriateness of medication prescriptions to elderly patients in the primary care setting: a systematic review.

Dedan Opondo; Saied Eslami; Stefan Visscher; Sophia E. de Rooij; Robert Verheij; Joke C. Korevaar; Ameen Abu-Hanna

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Inappropriateness of medication prescriptions to elderly patients in the primary care setting: a systematic review.

September 19, 2012

Opondo D, Eslami S, Visscher S, et al. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e43617.

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Nearly 1 in 5 elderly outpatients is prescribed at least one potentially inappropriate medication, according to this systematic review of 19 studies of prescribing practices in geriatrics.

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