Inappropriate Drug Prescribing in Home-Dwelling, Elderly Patients
Archives of Internal MedicinePublished 12 August 2002
Kaisu Pitkälä, Timo Strandberg, Reijo S. Tilvis
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Compared with previous surveys, the use of inappropriate medications in the home-dwelling, elderly population is conspicuously low and use of certain drugs considered inappropriate with different medical conditions was relatively high; however, the inappropriateness of the latter treatments may be questioned in individual patients.
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Compared with previous surveys, the use of inappropriate medications in our home-dwelling, elderly population is conspicuously low. In contrast, use of certain drugs considered inappropriate with different medical conditions was relatively high. However, the inappropriateness of the latter treatments may be questioned in individual patients.
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