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Disentangling concepts of inappropriate polypharmacy in old age: a scoping review.

Sofie Rosenlund LauFrans Boch WaldorffAnne HolmAnne FrølichJohn Sahl AndersenMette SallerupSarah Emilie ChristensenStine Søndersted ClausenTina Drud DuePernille Hølmkjær
Published in: BMC public health (2023)
Inappropriate polypharmacy is a concept loaded by its heterogeneity and the usefulness of a single definition is doubtful. Instead, the framework suggested in this article representing different dimensions of inappropriate polypharmacy may serve as an initial strategy for focusing research and practice on polypharmacy in old age.
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