In older adults co-occurrence of multiple diseases often leads to use of multiple medications (polypharmacy). The aim of the present study is to describe how prescription of medications varies across age groups, with specific focus on the oldest old.
Onder, G., Marengoni, A., Russo, P., Degli Esposti, L., Fini, M., Monaco, A., Bonassi, S., Palmer, K., Marrocco, W., Pozzi, G., Sangiorgi, D., Buda, S., Marchionni, N., Mammarella, F., Bernabei, R., Pani, L., Pecorelli, S., Advanced Age and Medication Prescription: More Years, Less Medications? A Nationwide Report From the Italian Medicines Agency, <<JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION>>, 2015; (Febbraio): 1-5. [doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2015.08.009] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/70516]
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Titolo: | Advanced Age and Medication Prescription: More Years, Less Medications? A Nationwide Report From the Italian Medicines Agency | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2015.08.009 | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2015 | |
Abstract: | In older adults co-occurrence of multiple diseases often leads to use of multiple medications (polypharmacy). The aim of the present study is to describe how prescription of medications varies across age groups, with specific focus on the oldest old. | |
Lingua: | Inglese | |
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Citazione: | Onder, G., Marengoni, A., Russo, P., Degli Esposti, L., Fini, M., Monaco, A., Bonassi, S., Palmer, K., Marrocco, W., Pozzi, G., Sangiorgi, D., Buda, S., Marchionni, N., Mammarella, F., Bernabei, R., Pani, L., Pecorelli, S., Advanced Age and Medication Prescription: More Years, Less Medications? A Nationwide Report From the Italian Medicines Agency, <<JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION>>, 2015; (Febbraio): 1-5. [doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2015.08.009] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/70516] | |
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