Monitoring polypharmacy in healthcare systems through a multi-setting survey: should we put more attention on long term care facilities?

• Main Authors: Luca Arnoldo (Author), Giovanni Cattani (Author), Piergiorgio Cojutti (Author), Federico Pea (Author), Silvio Brusaferro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<em>Background</em>. Polypharmacy is a main issue of patient safety in all healthcare settings (<em>i.e.</em> increase adverse drug reactions and incidence of drug-drug interactions, etc.). The main object of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of polypharmacy and the ap...