Potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly veterans: are we using the wrong drug, wrong dose, or wrong duration?

Mary Jo V Pugh; B. Graeme Fincke; Arlene S Bierman; Bei-Hung Chang; Amy K Rosen; Francesca Cunningham; Megan E Amuan; Muriel L Burk; Dan R Berlowitz

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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly veterans: are we using the wrong drug, wrong dose, or wrong duration?

August 24, 2005

Pugh MJV, Fincke BG, Bierman AS, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(8).

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The authors identified inappropriate prescribing for geriatric patients and suggest interventions targeted for specific types of medications.

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