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Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care and its association with hospital admission: longitudinal study.

Teresa PérezFrank MoriartyEmma WallaceRonald McDowellPatrick RedmondTom Fahey
Published in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2018)
Hospital admission was independently associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing. It is important to determine how hospital admission may affect appropriateness of prescribing for older people and how potential adverse consequences of admission can be minimised.
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