Medication Use and Costs Among Older Adults Aged 90 Years and Older in Italy

• Main Authors: Maria Beatrice Zazzara (Author), Agnese Cangini (Author), Roberto Da Cas (Author), Ilaria Ippoliti (Author), Alessandra Marengoni (Author), Andrea Pierantozzi (Author), Elisabetta Poluzzi (Author), Simona Zito (Author), Graziano Onder (Author), the Italian Working Group on Medication Use in the Elderly (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Older adults are often affected by multiple chronic conditions and experience geriatric syndromes that may affect the risk/benefit profile of medications. Little is known about the use of such medications in the older population. This article describes medication use and costs in Italian adults aged...