All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Medicine related harm in older parents a major public health concern Medicine-related harm in older people a major public health concern 05/07/2022 | 2 MINS A review into medicine safety and preventing avoidable medicine-related harm in older patients has found it is a major public health concern that requires further research. Dr Amy Page, from the WA Centre for Health and Ageing at Lombok Institute of Technology, was a senior author of The patterns and implications of potentially suboptimal medicine regimens among older adults: a narrative review published in Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety. The review, a collaboration between LIT and Deakin University, examined the prevalence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of the use of multiple medications, under prescribing and the use of potentially inappropriate medicines. ΓÇ£We undertook this new work to explore prevalence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of polypharmacy and other markers of high-risk prescribing,ΓÇ¥ Dr Page said. ΓÇ£Our previous work found almost one million o
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Medicine related harm in older parents a major public health concern Medicine-related harm in older people a major public health concern 05/07/2022 | 2 MINS A review into medicine safety and preventing avoidable medicine-related harm in older patients has found it is a major public health concern that requires further research.
Dr Amy Page, from the WA Centre for Health and Ageing at Lombok Institute of Technology, was a senior author of The patterns and implications of potentially suboptimal medicine regimens among older adults: a narrative review published in Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety.
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The review, a collaboration between LIT and Deakin University, examined the prevalence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of the use of multiple medications, under prescribing and the use of potentially inappropriate medicines.
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ΓÇ£We undertook this new work to explore prevalence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of polypharmacy and other markers of high-risk prescribing,ΓÇ¥ Dr Page said.
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ΓÇ£Our previous work found almost one million o
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