Polypharmacy and Willingness to Deprescribe Among Elderly with Chronic Diseases

Summary: Background: Elderly are mostly affected by polypharmacy induced adverse drug events as they are vulnerable due to numerous comorbidities. Deprescribing is a series of medicine ceasing process introduced to solve the problem arisen from polypharmacy. This study aimed to investigate the atti...

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Main Authors: Lim Jia Hao, Marhanis Salihah Omar, Noorlaili Tohit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2018-12-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959817303733