Patient and physician factors contributing to polypharmacy among older patients

CONCLUSIONS: Individual physicians varied in their prescribing practices, even after adjusting for patient demographic and clinical characteristics. Interventions to reduce polypharmacy in older adults should target high prescribing physicians, as physician behavior is more actionable than patient factors.PMID:34544289 | DOI:10.1080/03007995.2021.1982683

Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - September 21, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Kathryn A Martinez Debra T Linfield Niyati M Gupta Mohana Vamsi Alapati Daniel Moussa Hu Bo Luke Dogyun Kim Simon Lam Giavanna Russo-Alvarez Michael B Rothberg Source Type: research