Polypharmacy, inappropriate medication use and associated factors among brazilian older adults

• Main Authors: Juliana Lima Constantino (Author), Ronielly Pereira Bozzi (Author), Gustavo Pinheiro Machado Motta de Souza (Author), Renan Marchesi (Author), Antonio José Lagoeiro Jorge (Author), Dayse Mary da Silva Correia (Author), Maria Luiza Garcia Rosa (Author), Fabíola Giordani (Author), Valéria Troncoso Baltar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Population aging is still an important worldwide phenomenon. Elderly people suffer from multiple chronic diseases that require the use of several drugs, and this demographic scenario fosters the increased prescription of multiple drugs, or Polypharmacy (PP) and Potentially Inappr...