Advanced Age and Medication Prescription: More Years, Less Medications? A Nationwide Report From the Italian Medicines Agency

Graziano Onder, Alessandra Marengoni, Pierluigi Russo, Luca Degli Esposti, Massimo Fini, Alessandro Monaco, Stefano Bonassi, Katie Palmer, Walter Marrocco, Giuseppe Pozzi, Diego Sangiorgi, Stefano Buda, Niccolò Marchionni, Federica Mammarella, Roberto Bernabei, Luca Pani, Sergio Pecorelli

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Abstract

In older adults co-occurrence of multiple diseases often leads to use of multiple medications (polypharmacy). The aim of the present study is to describe how prescription of medications varies across age groups, with specific focus on the oldest old.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the American Medical Directors Association
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Prescribing
  • end of life
  • polypharmacy

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