Health outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults.

Donna M. Fick; Lorraine C. Mion; Mark H. Beers; Jennifer L. Waller

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Health outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults.

April 2, 2008

Fick DM, Mion LC, Beers MH, et al. Res Nurs Health. 2008;31(1):42-51.

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This study found an association between inappropriate medication use, as defined by the Beers criteria, and drug-related clinical adverse events.

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