Optimizing polypharmacy among elderly hospital patients with chronic diseases—study protocol of the cluster randomized controlled POLITE-RCT trial

BACKGROUND: Treatment of patients with multimorbidity is challenging. A rational reduction of long-term drugs can lead to decreased mortality, less acute hospital treatment, and a reduction of costs. Simplification of drug treatment schemes is also related to higher levels of patient satisfaction an...

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Main Authors: Löffler, Christin, Drewelow, Eva, Paschka, Susanne D, Frankenstein, Martina, Eger, Julia, Jatsch, Lisa, Reisinger, Emil C, Hallauer, Johannes F, Drewelow, Bernd, Heidorn, Karen, Schröder, Helmut, Wollny, Anja, Kundt, Günther, Schmidt, Christian, Altiner, Attila
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Study Protocol
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192341/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25287853
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-014-0151-7
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