Isn't It Time We Stop Counting the Number of Drugs to Define Polypharmacy in This New Era of Deprescribing and What Related Outcomes Should Be Measured?
J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018 Aug;19(8):644-645.
doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.04.010.
Epub 2018 May 31.
1 Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA.
2 Jefferson College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: Emily.hajjar@jefferson.edu.