Inappropriate prescribing in the hospitalized elderly patient: Defining the problem, evaluation tools, and possible solutions
Open Access
- 1 March 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Clinical Interventions in Aging
- Vol. 5, 75-87
- https://doi.org/10.2147/cia.s9564
Abstract
Peer reviewed article authored by (Robert L Page II, Sunny A Linnebur, Lucinda L Bryant, et al). Read article or submit your manuscript for publishing.Keywords
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