Time to rethink the funding model for home medicines review
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2014
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Gilbert, A.L.
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Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 2014; 44(1):9-11
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In Australia, over 80% of people older than 65 years of age have at least three chronic medical conditions.1–3 By 2050, 6 million elderly Australians will be living with more than three chronic health conditions.1,2 Ninety per cent of people aged over 65 years have at least one medicine-related problem, of which 80% are resolvable. One in five live with a current adverse drug reaction and consequent poorer quality of life; most are resolvable.
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Link to a related website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/j.2055-2335.2014.tb00005.x, Open Access via Unpaywall
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Copyright 2014 The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia