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POLYPHARMACY PREVALENCE AMONG GERIATRIC PATIENTS IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SETTINGS ACROSS TURKEY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS THROUGH THE NATIONWIDE PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION SYSTEM

Tolga Reşat Aydos, Selda Emre Aydıngöz, Karl Michael LUX, Oğuzhan Ekin Efe, Fatma İşli

The Turkish Journal of Geriatrics · 2020 · 13 citations · 12 references

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Introduction: Polypharmacy has become a common health problem as populations age. We aimed to determine the prevalence of chronic and cumulative polypharmacy in the geriatric population using primary healthcare services in Turkey.

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