Reduction of High-Risk Polypharmacy Drug Combinations in Patients in a Managed Care Setting
- 1 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
- Vol. 25 (11), 1636-1645
- https://doi.org/10.1592/phco.2005.25.11.1636
Abstract
Study Objectives. To enhance physician and patient awareness of polypharmacy; to decrease the risks, drug costs, and waste resulting from polypharmacy; and to make the business case for reducing misuse, overuse, and underuse of drugs by reducing polypharmacy.Keywords
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