Multiple medication use is common in older adults and may ameliorate symptoms, improve
and extend quality of life, and occasionally cure disease. Unfortunately, multiple medication …

Older adults are about four to seven times more likely than younger persons to experience
adverse drug events (ADEs) that cause hospitalization, especially if they are women and …

Importance Limited evidence is available regarding long-term outcomes of opioids
compared with nonopioid medications for chronic pain. Objective To compare opioid vs …

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ContextAdverse drug events are common and often preventable causes of medical injuries.
However, timely, nationally representative information on outpatient adverse drug events is …

Aims: We aimed to assess and characterize sex differences in adverse drug reactions
(ADRs) reported to the national pharmacovigilance centre in the Netherlands while …

Aims This study aimed to determine the association between potentially inappropriate
prescribing (PIP) and health related outcomes [adverse drug events (ADEs), health related …

Background Elderly patients with multimorbidity who are treated according to guidelines use
a large number of drugs. This number of drugs increases the risk of adverse drug events …

Objective To understand the extent to which hospitalized patients participate in their care,
and the association of patient participation with quality of care and patient safety. Design …

Background Electronic prescribing systems with decision support may improve patient safety
in ambulatory care by offering drug allergy and drug interaction alerts. However, preliminary …