Medication-harm study wake-up call for GPs treating older patients

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Medication-harm study wake-up call for GPs treating older patients

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New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

Image: Cristian Newman on Unsplash
Elderly patients with comorbidities, and who are on multiple medications, are more at risk from medication-related harm [image: Cristian Newman on Unsplash]
“We know that medication causes a lot of harm, about three per cent of people end up needing hospitalisation as a result of medication related harm”