Potentially inappropriate medication use by elderly persons in U.S. Health Maintenance Organizations, 2000-2001.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on February 01, 2005

Authors

Steven R Simon1, K Arnold Chan, Stephen B Soumerai, Anita K Wagner, Susan E Andrade, Adrianne C Feldstein, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Robert L Davis, Jerry H Gurwitz

Author Affiliations

1: HMO Research Network, Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. steven_simon@hms.harvard.edu <steven_simon@hms.harvard.edu>

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