The cost of potentially inappropriate medications for older adults in Canada: A comparative cross-sectional study.

Jean-François HuonChiranjeev SanyalCamille L Gagnon Justin P Turner Ninh B Khuong Émilie Bortolussi-Courval Todd C LeeJames L SilviusSteven G MorganEmily Gibson McDonald

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)

While expenditures on PIMs have declined in Canada, the overall cost remains high. Prescribing of some seriously harmful classes of PIMs has increased and so directed, scalable interventions are needed.

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