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Patterns Of Prescribing In Family Practice2

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“…Freer 19 reported that while 58% of his elderly patients had been prescribed at least one drug in the 6 months studied, only 42% were taking drugs on a long‐term basis. Similar estimates have been made by Martys 18 (32%) and Freer 17 (33%) in single practice studies.…”

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Prescribing for the Elderly: Part II Prescribing Patterns: Differences Due to Age

Nolan

O’Malley

1988

J American Geriatrics Society

115

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“…There are two major shortcomings in the studies which have been done. Firstly, most of the data are concerned with prescribing in single practices 13–19 . Such data are helpful, but individual practices are not necessarily representative, and these data cannot be extrapolated to the general population.…”

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