Polymedicine use among community resident older women: how much a problem?
In a community-based study of older women describing the prevalence of specific medication combinations, the risk of deleterious consequence from polymedicine was concentrated in a minority of older women. There were few prevalent medication combinations, and many of the more common combinations were unavoidable. These results suggest that broad, community-based drug education programs may be less effective than those targeting medical providers and multi-drug users.
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Division of Intramural Research, National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment, Rockville, MD 20857.
Magaziner
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003625:Data Collection; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans