An overview of prevalence, determinants and health outcomes of polypharmacy
A high rate of polypharmacy is, in part, a consequence of the increasing proportion of multimorbidity in the ageing population worldwide. Our understanding of the potential harm of taking multiple medications in an older, multi-morbid population, who are likely to be on a polypharmacy regime, is lim...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2042098620933741 |