Why the study?
Does polypharmacy increase the risk of underprescribing in geriatric patients?
Does polypharmacy increase the risk of underprescribing in geriatric patients?
In geriatric patients, the presence of polypharmacy (taking 5 or more medications) paradoxically increases the likelihood of concurrent underprescribing of other indicated therapies.
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May warrant indication review in polypharmacy patients; hypothesis-generating for prospective deprescribing trials.
Kuijpers et al. (2007) studied this question.
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