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From: Patient factors associated with new prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications in multimorbid US older adults using multiple medications

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Flow diagram of cohort definition. 1cohort entry event = ambulatory visit recorded in RPDR electronic medical records, min. 180 days enrolment in Medicare prior to cohort entry, ≥65 years old, no missing information on sex; 2as measured by having min. 1 ambulatory care visit recorded in the RPDR electronic health records during this period; 3multimorbidity defined as chronic conditions from ≥2 chronic condition categories; 4polypharmacy defined as medications with ≥90 days’ supply each from ≥5 pharmaceutical classes

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BMC Geriatrics

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