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An educational intervention to reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications among older adults (EMPOWER study): protocol for a cluster randomized trial

BACKGROUND: Currently, far too many older adults consume inappropriate prescriptions, which increase the risk of adverse drug reactions and unnecessary hospitalizations. A health education program directly informing patients of prescription risks may promote inappropriate prescription discontinuatio...

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Autores principales: Martin, Philippe, Tamblyn, Robyn, Ahmed, Sara, Tannenbaum, Cara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23514019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-80