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Suboptimal prescribing in elderly outpatients: potentially harmful drug-drug and drug-disease combinations.

February 27, 2009

Zhan C, Correa-de-Araujo R, Bierman AS, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(2):262-7.

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This AHRQ-funded study illustrates potentially harmful drug-drug and drug-disease combinations that occur in ambulatory care in the elderly population. Solutions are provided for minimizing the opportunities for harm associated with these combinations.

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