Providing information about medication changes upon discharge from a geriatric unit: the community healthcare professionals’ point of view

Abstract Introduction It is well known that polypharmacy is associated with adverse drug events. Accordingly, specialist geriatric units have to pay particular attention to the appropriateness of prescription and the withdrawal of potentially inappropriate medications. Even though community healthca...

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Main Authors: Céline Rahuel, Maxime Pautrat, Amal Aïdoud, Bertrand Fougère, Camille Debacq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04551-4