Potentially inappropriate medication use and healthcare expenditures in the US community-dwelling elderly.

Alex Z Fu; Jenny Z Jiang; Jaxk H Reeves; Jack E Fincham; Gordon G Liu; Matthew Perri

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Potentially inappropriate medication use and healthcare expenditures in the US community-dwelling elderly.

May 16, 2007

Fu AZ, Jiang JZ, Reeves JH, et al. Med Care. 2007;45(5):472-6.

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The researchers retrospectively studied a nationally representative cohort of noninstitutionalized elderly and found that inappropriate medication use in this population occurs often and contributes to increased health care expenditures.

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