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Medication Deprescribing at End of Life in the Long-Term Care Population
(2020-07-26)Polypharmacy, generally defined as taking five or more medications, is the leading cause of adverse drug events for older patients and affects as many as 95% of patients residing in long-term care. Nearly half of all ...