Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: how common?

Mette Brekke; Sture Rognstad; Jørund Straand; Kari Furu; Svein Gjelstad; Trine Bjørner; Ingvild Dalen

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Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: how common?

July 9, 2008

Brekke M, Rognstad S, Straand J, et al. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2008;26(2):80-5.

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Nearly one in five elderly patients was prescribed a potentially inappropriate medication, in this population-based Norwegian study.

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