Potentially inappropriate medications used by the elderly: prevalence and risk factors in Brazilian care homes

BACKGROUND: The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) among the elderly is a serious public health problem because it is intrinsically linked to increased morbidity and mortality, causing high costs to public health systems. This study’s objective was to verify the prevalence of and the...

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Autores principales: Vieira de Lima, Thaís Jaqueline, Garbin, Cléa Adas Saliba, Garbin, Artênio José Ísper, Sumida, Dóris Hissako, Saliba, Orlando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23718678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-52

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23718678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-52

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