Achieving sustainable healthcare through deprescribing

Affiliations

¹ School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Cochrane Sweden, Cochrane.
³ Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Cochrane Sweden and Cochrane Denmark, Cochrane.
⁴ Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa and Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
⁵ Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, SA, Australia.

Editorial

Danijela Gnjidic et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022.

. 2022 Oct 4;10(10):ED000159.

doi: 10.1002/14651858.ED000159.

¹ School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Cochrane Sweden, Cochrane.
³ Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Cochrane Sweden and Cochrane Denmark, Cochrane.
⁴ Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa and Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
⁵ Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, SA, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Effective practice & health systems; Public health.

References

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