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Evaluation of potentially inappropriate prescribing and deprescription as elements of good medical practice in elderly patient care

Anna Susło
1
,
Ewa Horoch-Łyszczarek
2
,
Ewa Pochybełko
3
,
Sylwia Mizia
4

  1. St Luke’s Hospital in Boleslawiec, Boleslawiec, Poland
  2. Lower Silesian Specialist Hospital – Center for Emergency Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland
  3. Non-public Healthcare Center KINESIS, Bielawa, Poland
  4. Epidemiology and Health Education Unit, Population Health Department, Faculty of Public Health, Wroclaw
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2023; 25(3): 371–375
Online publish date: 2023/09/30
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