Potentially inappropriate prescriptions according to explicit and implicit criteria in patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy. MULTIPAP: A cross-sectional study.

BACKGROUND:Multimorbidity is a global health challenge that is associated with polypharmacy, increasing the risk of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP). There are tools to improve prescription, such as implicit and explicit criteria. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of PIP in a populatio...

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Main Authors: Juan A Lopez-Rodriguez, Eloísa Rogero-Blanco, Mercedes Aza-Pascual-Salcedo, Fernando Lopez-Verde, Victoria Pico-Soler, Francisca Leiva-Fernandez, J Daniel Prados-Torres, Alexandra Prados-Torres, Isabel Cura-González, MULTIPAP group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237186