ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2019
Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Polypharmacy among Older Americans.
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- Prevalence and Predicting Risk Factors of Polypharmacy in Azar Cohort Population.Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR · 2022Article
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- Polypharmacy in older adults with cancer undergoing radiotherapy: A review.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2022Review
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- Analysis of the regional difference in the number of multi-drug prescriptions and its predictors in Japan, 2015-2018.BMC research notes · 2021Article
- Polypharmacy among older adults with dementia compared with those without dementia in the United States.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
- Research priorities to address polypharmacy in older adults with cancer.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundVery few studies with nationally representative samples have investigated the combined effects of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position (SEP) on polypharmacy (PP) among older Americans. For instance, we do not know if prevalence of PP differs between African Americans (AA) and white older adults, whether this difference is due to a racial gap in SEP, or whether racial and ethnic differences exist in the effects of SEP indicators on PP.
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