Potentially inappropriate prescribing for elderly patients in 2 outpatient settings.

Vittorio Maio; Christine W. Hartmann; Sara Poston; Xinyue Liu-Chen; James Diamond; Christine Arenson

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Potentially inappropriate prescribing for elderly patients in 2 outpatient settings.

September 24, 2010

Maio V, Hartmann CW, Poston S, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21(3):162-8.

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The research team comparatively examined incidents of potentially inappropriate prescribing for elderly patients at a nursing home and at a general practice. They found that inappropriate prescribing may be prevalent in both settings.

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