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A consumer-targeted, pharmacist-led, educational intervention to reduce inappropriate medication use in community older adults (D-PRESCRIBE trial): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Medication safety for older persons represents an ongoing challenge. Inappropriate prescriptions – those with a high risk of evidence-based harm – persist in up to 25 % of seniors, and account for a significant proportion of avoidable emergency department visits. This project is the sequ...

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Autores principales: Martin, Philippe, Tamblyn, Robyn, Ahmed, Sara, Benedetti, Andrea, Tannenbaum, Cara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26058676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0791-1