Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy for older patients at specialist outpatient clinics: a systematic review.

Louise Clarkson Laura Hart Alfred King-Yin Lam Tien Kheng Khoo

Published in: Current medical research and opinion (2023)

Specialist outpatient clinics may provide valuable settings for implementing deprescribing interventions. The addition of a multidisciplinary team including a pharmacist and the use of validated medication assessment tools appear to be enablers. Further research is warranted.

Keyphrases

palliative care
primary care
quality improvement
adverse drug
physical activity
healthcare
emergency department
electronic health record