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Potentially Inappropriate Use Of Antipsychotics In Community-Dwelling Adults With Dementia More Common In Those With Low Income, Jennifer Tjia
Potentially Inappropriate Use Of Antipsychotics In Community-Dwelling Adults With Dementia More Common In Those With Low Income, Jennifer Tjia
Jennifer Tjia
Comment on: The essential and potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics across income groups: an analysis of linked administrative data. [Can J Psychiatry. 2012]
Studies To Reduce Unnecessary Medication Use In Frail Older Adults: A Systematic Review, Jennifer Tjia, Sarah Velten, Carole Parsons, Sruthi Valluri, Becky Briesacher
Studies To Reduce Unnecessary Medication Use In Frail Older Adults: A Systematic Review, Jennifer Tjia, Sarah Velten, Carole Parsons, Sruthi Valluri, Becky Briesacher
Jennifer Tjia
BACKGROUND: Overuse of unnecessary medications in frail older adults with limited life expectancy remains an understudied challenge.
OBJECTIVE: To identify intervention studies that reduced use of unnecessary medications in frail older adults. A secondary goal was to identify and review studies focusing on patients approaching end of life. We examined criteria for identifying unnecessary medications, intervention processes for medication reduction, and intervention effectiveness.
METHODS: A systematic review of English articles using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts from January 1966 to September 2012. Additional studies were identified by searching bibliographies. Search terms included prescription drugs, drug utilization, hospice or palliative …