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SUBMITTER: Parekh N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445903 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parekh Natasha N Schenker Yael Y Good Chester B CB Neilson Lynn L Shrank William H WH
Journal of general internal medicine 20190204 4
Polypharmacy has been linked to adverse outcomes including increased risk of hospitalization, falls, and death and contributes to unnecessary healthcare spending. Deprescribing efforts aim to reduce medication burden while improving or maintaining patients' quality of life. While the practice of deprescribing is gaining momentum, quality measurement and provider reimbursement are barriers that must be addressed for deprescribing to achieve widespread adoption. Because many quality measures are f ...[more]