Why do family doctors prescribe potentially inappropriate medication to elderly patients?

BACKGROUND: Based on changes in pharmacokinetics and –dynamics in elderly patients, there are potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) that should be avoided in patients aged ≥ 65 years. Current studies showed prescription rates of PIM between 22.5 and 28.4 % in the primary care setting. The evid...

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Autores principales: Voigt, Karen, Gottschall, Mandy, Köberlein-Neu, Juliane, Schübel, Jeannine, Quint, Nadine, Bergmann, Antje
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27449802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0482-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27449802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0482-3

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