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. 2017 May 6;389(10081):1778-1780.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31188-1. Epub 2017 May 4.

The prescribing cascade revisited

Paula A Rochon¹, Jerry H Gurwitz²

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¹ Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2, Canada; Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: paula.rochon@wchospital.ca.
² Meyers Primary Care Institute, a Joint Endeavour of University of Massachusetts Medical School, Fallon Health, and Reliant Medical Group, Worcester, MA, USA; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.

PMID: 28495154
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31188-1

The prescribing cascade revisited

Paula A Rochon et al. Lancet. 2017.

. 2017 May 6;389(10081):1778-1780.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31188-1. Epub 2017 May 4.

Authors

Paula A Rochon¹, Jerry H Gurwitz²

Affiliations

¹ Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2, Canada; Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: paula.rochon@wchospital.ca.
² Meyers Primary Care Institute, a Joint Endeavour of University of Massachusetts Medical School, Fallon Health, and Reliant Medical Group, Worcester, MA, USA; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.

PMID: 28495154
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31188-1

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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Lancet. 2017 Jun 3;389(10085):2192. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31315-6. Epub 2017 May 16. Lancet. 2017. PMID: 28526491 No abstract available.

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