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Using pharmacy dispensing data to predict falls in older individuals

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Associations between individual medication use and falling in older individuals are well‐documented. However, a comprehensive risk score that takes into account overall medication use and that can be used in… Click to show full abstract

Associations between individual medication use and falling in older individuals are well‐documented. However, a comprehensive risk score that takes into account overall medication use and that can be used in daily pharmacy practice is lacking. We, therefore, aimed to determine whether pharmacy dispensing records can be used to predict falls.

Keywords: dispensing data; pharmacy dispensing; predict falls; older individuals; using pharmacy

Journal Title: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Year Published: 2020

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