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Does deprescribing reduce mortality in older adults?
Does deprescribing reduce mortality in older adults?
Patient-specific deprescribing interventions can significantly reduce mortality in older adults.
Patient-specific deprescribing may reduce mortality in older adults; extends observational data with randomized meta-analysis evidence.
Although nonrandomized data suggested that deprescribing reduces mortality, deprescribing was not shown to alter mortality in randomized studies. Mortality was significantly reduced when applying patient-specific interventions to deprescribe in randomized studies.
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