The Role of a Clinical Pharmacist in the Identification of Potentially Inadequate Drugs Prescribed to the Geriatric Population in Low-Resource Settings Using the Beers Criteria: A Pilot Study
Population aging is a global phenomenon. Each country in the world faces an increased number of older persons in the total population. With aging, a high prevalence of multiple chronic diseases occurs, leading to the use of complex therapeutic regimens and often to polypharmacy. Potentially inapprop...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-05-01
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Series: | Pharmacy |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/12/3/84 |