Prescribing and deprescribing in older people with life-limiting illnesses receiving hospice care at the end of life: A longitudinal, retrospective cohort study

CONCLUSIONS: In the absence of systematic rationalisation of drug treatments, a substantial proportion of older patients continued to receive potentially inappropriate medication until death.PMID:38032069 | DOI:10.1177/02692163231209024

Source: Palliative Medicine - November 30, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tahani Alwidyan Noleen K McCorry Chris Black Rachel Coulter June Forbes Carole Parsons Source Type: research