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Older Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Medication Value and Deprescribing: A Qualitative Study

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Shared decision making is essential to deprescribing unnecessary or harmful medications in older adults, yet patients' and caregivers' perspectives on medication value and how this affects their willingness to discontinue… Click to show full abstract

Shared decision making is essential to deprescribing unnecessary or harmful medications in older adults, yet patients' and caregivers' perspectives on medication value and how this affects their willingness to discontinue a medication are poorly understood. We sought to identify the most significant factors that impact the perceived value of a medication from the perspective of patients and caregivers.

Keywords: perspectives medication; patient caregiver; value; medication; medication value; older patient

Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2020

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