Combining quality improvement and geriatrics training: the nursing home polypharmacy outcomes project.

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Published in Gerontol Geriatr Educ on June 05, 2014

Authors

Gotaro Kojima1, Christina L Bell, Bruce Tamura, James Davis, Michiko Inaba, Pia Lorenzo, Patricia Lanoie Blanchette, Wendy Iwasaki, Kamal Masaki

Author Affiliations

1: a The John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence in Geriatrics, Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine , University of Hawaii , Honolulu , Hawaii , USA.

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