Polypharmacy-Time to Get Beyond Numbers

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco2San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California.

Comment

Michael A Steinman. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr;176(4):482-3.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8597.

¹ Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco2San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California.

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Comment on

Changes in Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication and Dietary Supplement Use Among Older Adults in the United States, 2005 vs 2011.
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