Physician Communication When Prescribing New Medications
Open Access
- 25 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 166 (17), 1855-1862
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.166.17.1855
Abstract
Medications are critical to treating and preventing disease. Medication use in the United States has risen from approximately 4 drugs prescribed per person from 1995 to 1996 to 5.2 drugs from 2001 to 2002.1 Almost half of all Americans take at least 1 prescription medication, and half of older patients take 3 or more medications.1Keywords
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