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THE INCIDENCE AND IMPACT OF POLYPHARMACY IN AL RESIDENTS

The purpose of this study was to describe polypharmacy in AL settings. We hypothesized that: (1) age, gender, race, setting, multimorbidity and cognitive status would influence polypharmacy; and (2) polypharmacy would be associated with falls, emergency room visits and hospitalizations. This was a d...

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Autor principal: Galik, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6844873/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.878