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. 2024 Oct;39(13):2631-2633.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08945-x. Epub 2024 Jul 17.

Interest in Medication Deprescribing Among US Adults Aged 50-80

Sarah E Vordenberg  1 , Matthias Kirch  2 , Dianne Singer  2 , Erica Solway  2 , J Scott Roberts  3 , Brian J Zikmund-Fisher  3 , Jeffrey T Kullgren  4   5   6
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Interest in Medication Deprescribing Among US Adults Aged 50-80

Sarah E Vordenberg et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: deprescribing; medication; older adult.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Kullgren reports grants from AARP during the conduct of the study and Support was also provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research and Development Service. Dr. Kullgren has received consulting fees from SeeChange Health, HealthMine, the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, and the Washington State Office of the Attorney General; and honoraria from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AbilTo, Inc., the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, the American Diabetes Association, the Luxembourg National Research Fund, the Donaghue Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the University of California-Los Angeles, and the University of Pennsylvania. All other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Weighted prevalence of self-reported chronic conditions and interest in stopping a related medication if a healthcare provider said it was possible among adults age 50-80a (n = 2,103). *Respondents who reported taking one or more prescription medications and answered “strongly agree” or “agree” to the statement, “If my health care provider said it was possible, I would be willing to stop one or more of my prescription medicines” were asked what type of medication they would prefer to stop.
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