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Evaluation of pharmacotherapy complexity in residents of long-term care facilities: a cross-sectional descriptive study

Abstract Background Polypharmacy is a reality in long-term care facilities. However, number of medications used by the patient should not be the only predictor of a complex pharmacotherapy. Although the level of complexity of pharmacotherapy is considered an important factor that may lead to side ef...

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Main Authors:	Vanessa Alves-Conceição (Author), Daniel Tenório da Silva (Author), Vanessa Lima de Santana (Author), Edileide Guimarães dos Santos (Author), Lincoln Marques Cavalcante Santos (Author), Divaldo Pereira de Lyra (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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