Inappropriate medication in a national sample of US elderly patients receiving home health care.

Yuhua Bao; Huibo Shao; Tara F. Bishop; Bruce R. Schackman; Martha L. Bruce

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Inappropriate medication in a national sample of US elderly patients receiving home health care.

October 26, 2011

Bao Y, Shao H, Bishop TF, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27(3):304-310.

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A large proportion of patients receiving home health care services were prescribed at least one potentially inappropriate medication. The spectrum of patient safety problems in home care was reviewed in a recent article.

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