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Potentially inappropriate medications prescribed for elderly patients through family physicians
The elderly population is increasing throughout the globe, resulting in higher healthcare costs. Potential inappropriate medication (PIM) prescriptions are a major health problem affecting the elderly persons. Due to limited studies in PIM use in primary care and home healthcare in Saudi Arabia, we...
Autores principales: | Al Odhayani, Abdulaziz, Tourkmani, Ayla, Alshehri, Mohammed, Alqahtani, Hala, Mishriky, Adel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28053591 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.05.006 |
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