Polypharmacy is defined as the administration of many drugs at the same time or as the administration of an excessive number of drugs. The main objective of this thesis was to describe chronic polypharmacy and the associated risk, from medico-administrative databases. A specific indicator of chronic polypharmacy, defined by five or more concomitant and chronic drug uses, was developed to describe the prevalence and the involved drugs. Based on data from the National French Health Insurance, we estimated that chronic polypharmacy concerned more than 5% of all aged French individuals, and involved mainly cardiovascular drugs. To further describe chronic polypharmacy, a description of inappropriateness was carried out using data from the Natio...
En 2016-2017, 45,0 % des Québécois de plus de 65 ans avaient au moins deux maladies chroniques et 27...
International audiencePURPOSE:The quality of drug therapy is an important issue for nursing homes. T...
International audiencePURPOSE:The quality of drug therapy is an important issue for nursing homes. T...
La polymédication est définie comme l’administration de nombreux médicaments de façon simultanée ou ...
We aimed to describe the burden represented by potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in chron...
We aimed to describe the burden represented by potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in chron...
Polypharmacy is a growing concern often described only in older people by cumulating all drugs taken...
Polypharmacy is a growing concern often described only in older people by cumulating all drugs taken...
The prevalence of chronic diseases is graually increasing as a result of the rising life expectancy,...
We aimed to describe the burden represented by potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in chron...
Avec l’augmentation de la prévalence et l’incidence des maladies chroniques, la polypharmacie devien...
Avec l’augmentation de la prévalence et l’incidence des maladies chroniques, la polypharmacie devien...
Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use are very common in multimorbid older patients. This po...
En 2016-2017, 45,0 % des Québécois de plus de 65 ans avaient au moins deux maladies chroniques et 27...
En 2016-2017, 45,0 % des Québécois de plus de 65 ans avaient au moins deux maladies chroniques et 27...
En 2016-2017, 45,0 % des Québécois de plus de 65 ans avaient au moins deux maladies chroniques et 27...
International audiencePURPOSE:The quality of drug therapy is an important issue for nursing homes. T...
International audiencePURPOSE:The quality of drug therapy is an important issue for nursing homes. T...
La polymédication est définie comme l’administration de nombreux médicaments de façon simultanée ou ...
We aimed to describe the burden represented by potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in chron...
We aimed to describe the burden represented by potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in chron...
Polypharmacy is a growing concern often described only in older people by cumulating all drugs taken...
Polypharmacy is a growing concern often described only in older people by cumulating all drugs taken...
The prevalence of chronic diseases is graually increasing as a result of the rising life expectancy,...
We aimed to describe the burden represented by potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in chron...
Avec l’augmentation de la prévalence et l’incidence des maladies chroniques, la polypharmacie devien...
Avec l’augmentation de la prévalence et l’incidence des maladies chroniques, la polypharmacie devien...
Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use are very common in multimorbid older patients. This po...
En 2016-2017, 45,0 % des Québécois de plus de 65 ans avaient au moins deux maladies chroniques et 27...
En 2016-2017, 45,0 % des Québécois de plus de 65 ans avaient au moins deux maladies chroniques et 27...
En 2016-2017, 45,0 % des Québécois de plus de 65 ans avaient au moins deux maladies chroniques et 27...
International audiencePURPOSE:The quality of drug therapy is an important issue for nursing homes. T...
International audiencePURPOSE:The quality of drug therapy is an important issue for nursing homes. T...