Supporting medication discontinuation: provider preferences for interventions to facilitate deprescribing

Abstract Background One approach to prevent adverse drug events is to discontinue (“deprescribe”) medications that are outdated, not indicated, or of limited benefit relative to risk for a particular patient. However, there is little guidance to clinicians about how to integrate the process of depre...

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Main Authors: Amy Linsky, Mark Meterko, Kelly Stolzmann, Steven R. Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2391-0