Medication appropriateness criteria for older adults: a narrative review of criteria and supporting studies
Polypharmacy is common among older adults and is associated with adverse outcomes. Polypharmacy increases the likelihood of receiving a potentially inappropriate medication (PIM). PIMs have traditionally been defined as medications that have either no benefit (e.g. therapeutic duplication) or increa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2042098618815431 |