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From pharmaco-therapy to pharmaco-prevention: trends in prescribing to older adults in Ontario, Canada, 1997-2006

BACKGROUND: The developed world is undergoing a demographic transition with greater numbers of older adults and higher rates of chronic disease. Most elder care is now provided by primary care physicians, who prescribe the majority of medications taken by these patients. Despite these significant tr...

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Autores principales: Bajcar, Jana M, Wang, Li, Moineddin, Rahim, Nie, Jason X, Tracy, C Shawn, Upshur, Ross EG
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20929561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-11-75