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June 22, 2016CMAJ Open128 citationsOpen Access

Frequency and cost of potentially inappropriate prescribing for older adults: a cross-sectional study

SMStorm MorganJHJordan HuntJRJohn D. Rioux

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Prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications for older adults is common and costly in Canada, especially for women. Multipronged and well-coordinated strategies to reduce the use and cost of potentially inappropriate drugs would likely generate significant health system savings while simultaneously generating major benefits to patient health.

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Morgan et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d944759402b8412aa3cb8ahttps://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20150131
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