Patient safety in primary health care and polypharmacy: cross-sectional survey among patients with chronic diseases

Objective: to characterize and determine the polypharmacy prevalence in patients with chronic diseases and to identify the factors associated, in order to improvement of pharmaceutical care focused on patient safety. Methods: cross-sectional study included 558 patients, covered by primary health ca...

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Main Authors: Lorena Ulhôa Araújo, Delba Fonseca Santos, Emerson Cotta Bodevan, Hellen Lilliane da Cruz, Jacqueline de Souza, Neila Márcia Silva-Barcellos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2019-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692019000100398&tlng=en