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Comment
. 2020 Apr;23(2):56-57.
doi: 10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103083. Epub 2019 Jul 11.

Hospital admission may increase the risk of potentially inappropriate prescribing among older primary care patients

Manuel Schwanda BSc MScN Rn  1 , Rita Gruber BScN MSc Rn  1   2
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Hospital admission may increase the risk of potentially inappropriate prescribing among older primary care patients

Manuel Schwanda BSc MScN Rn et al. Evid Based Nurs. 2020 Apr.
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