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Prescribing medications of questionable benefit prior to death: a retrospective study on older nursing home residents with and without dementia in Germany

PURPOSE: We studied the prevalence of medications of questionable benefit in the last 6 months of life among older nursing home residents with and without dementia in Germany. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on claims data from 67,328 deceased nursing home residents aged 65+ year...

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Autores principales: Rausch, Christian, Hoffmann, Falk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7239800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32219538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-020-02859-3