Potentially inappropriate medication and attitudes of older adults towards deprescribing.
<h4>Introduction</h4>Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are current challenges when caring for the older population. Both have led to an increase of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM), illustrating the need to assess patients' attitudes towards deprescribing. We aimed to assess...
Main Authors: | Alexandra B Achterhof, Zsofia Rozsnyai, Emily Reeve, Katharina Tabea Jungo, Carmen Floriani, Rosalinde K E Poortvliet, Nicolas Rodondi, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Sven Streit |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240463 |
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