Prescription characteristics associated with fall-related injury risk among older adults prescribed benzodiazepines: a cohort study

BACKGROUND: Benzodiazepines (BZD) are widely prescribed to older adults despite their association with increased fall injury. Our aim is to better characterize risk-elevating factors among those prescribed BZD. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study using a 20% sample of Medicare beneficiaries with...

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Autores principales: Maust, Donovan T., Bohnert, Amy S. B., Strominger, Julie, Alexander, Neil, Min, Lillian, Hoffman, Geoffrey J., Goldstick, Jason E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9609287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36289455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03497-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9609287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36289455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03497-3

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