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Deprescribing interventions and their impact on medication adherence in community-dwelling older adults with polypharmacy: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy, and the associated adverse drug events such as non-adherence to prescriptions, is a common problem for elderly people living with multiple comorbidities. Deprescribing, i.e. the gradual withdrawal from medications with supervision by a healthcare professional, is regarded a...

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Autores principales: Ulley, Joanna, Harrop, Deborah, Ali, Ali, Alton, Sarah, Fowler Davis, Sally
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6339421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30658576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1031-4