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Efficacy of a clinical medication review on the number of potentially inappropriate prescriptions prescribed for community-dwelling elderly people
Jacques Allard, Réjean Hébert, Maryse Rioux, Johannne Asselin and Louis Voyer
CMAJ May 01, 2001 164 (9) 1291-1296;
Jacques Allard
From the *Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que.; the †Gerontology and Geriatric Research Centre, ‡Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute, Sherbrooke, Que.; and the §Centre Hospitalier Laflèche, Grand-Mère, Que. Dr. Asselin was a third-year resident in the Care of the Elderly Program, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que., at the time of the study.
Réjean Hébert
From the *Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que.; the †Gerontology and Geriatric Research Centre, ‡Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute, Sherbrooke, Que.; and the §Centre Hospitalier Laflèche, Grand-Mère, Que. Dr. Asselin was a third-year resident in the Care of the Elderly Program, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que., at the time of the study.
Maryse Rioux
From the *Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que.; the †Gerontology and Geriatric Research Centre, ‡Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute, Sherbrooke, Que.; and the §Centre Hospitalier Laflèche, Grand-Mère, Que. Dr. Asselin was a third-year resident in the Care of the Elderly Program, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que., at the time of the study.
Johannne Asselin
From the *Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que.; the †Gerontology and Geriatric Research Centre, ‡Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute, Sherbrooke, Que.; and the §Centre Hospitalier Laflèche, Grand-Mère, Que. Dr. Asselin was a third-year resident in the Care of the Elderly Program, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que., at the time of the study.
Louis Voyer
From the *Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que.; the †Gerontology and Geriatric Research Centre, ‡Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute, Sherbrooke, Que.; and the §Centre Hospitalier Laflèche, Grand-Mère, Que. Dr. Asselin was a third-year resident in the Care of the Elderly Program, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Que., at the time of the study.
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Efficacy of a clinical medication review on the number of potentially inappropriate prescriptions prescribed for community-dwelling elderly people
Jacques Allard, Réjean Hébert, Maryse Rioux, Johannne Asselin, Louis Voyer
CMAJ May 2001, 164 (9) 1291-1296;
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