A summated score for the medication appropriateness index: development and assessment of clinimetric properties including content validity.

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on August 01, 1994

Authors

G P Samsa1, J T Hanlon, K E Schmader, M Weinberger, E C Clipp, K M Uttech, I K Lewis, P B Landsman, H J Cohen

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Optimizing PharmacoTherapy In the Multimorbid Elderly in Primary CAre: the OPTICA Trial (OPTICA) | NCT03724539

The Influence of Clinical Pharmacist on the Quality of Drug Prescribing and Rehabilitation Outcomes in Post-acute Hip Fractured Patients | NCT04360746

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