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Frequency and cost of potentially inappropriate prescribing for older adults: a cross-sectional study

Steven G. Morgan, Jordan Hunt, Jocelyn Rioux, Jeffery Proulx, Deirdre Weymann and Cara Tannenbaum
June 22, 2016 4 (2) E346-E351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20150131
Steven G. Morgan
School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Canadian Institute for Health Information (Hunt, Rioux, Proulx), Ottawa, Ont.; BC Cancer Agency (Weymann), Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, Vancouver, BC; Departments of Medicine and Pharmacy (Tannenbaum), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Canadian Institute for Health Information (Hunt, Rioux, Proulx), Ottawa, Ont.; BC Cancer Agency (Weymann), Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, Vancouver, BC; Departments of Medicine and Pharmacy (Tannenbaum), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Jocelyn Rioux
School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Canadian Institute for Health Information (Hunt, Rioux, Proulx), Ottawa, Ont.; BC Cancer Agency (Weymann), Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, Vancouver, BC; Departments of Medicine and Pharmacy (Tannenbaum), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Jeffery Proulx
School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Canadian Institute for Health Information (Hunt, Rioux, Proulx), Ottawa, Ont.; BC Cancer Agency (Weymann), Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, Vancouver, BC; Departments of Medicine and Pharmacy (Tannenbaum), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Deirdre Weymann
School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Canadian Institute for Health Information (Hunt, Rioux, Proulx), Ottawa, Ont.; BC Cancer Agency (Weymann), Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, Vancouver, BC; Departments of Medicine and Pharmacy (Tannenbaum), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Cara Tannenbaum
School of Population and Public Health (Morgan), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Canadian Institute for Health Information (Hunt, Rioux, Proulx), Ottawa, Ont.; BC Cancer Agency (Weymann), Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, Vancouver, BC; Departments of Medicine and Pharmacy (Tannenbaum), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Steven G. Morgan, Jordan Hunt, Jocelyn Rioux, Jeffery Proulx, Deirdre Weymann, Cara Tannenbaum
Jun 2016, 4 (2) E346-E351; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20150131

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Steven G. Morgan, Jordan Hunt, Jocelyn Rioux, Jeffery Proulx, Deirdre Weymann, Cara Tannenbaum
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