The feasibility and effect of deprescribing in older adults on mortality and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Amy Theresa PageRhonda M CliffordKathleen PotterDarren SchwartzChristopher Etherton BeerPublished in: British journal of clinical pharmacology (2016)
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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