title: Polymedicine use among community resident older women: how much a problem?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Intramural Research, National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment, Rockville, MD 20857.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cadigan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Magaziner
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Fedder
mesh_terms: 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