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  • Title: Individualized assessment of the older patient.
    Author: Gerbino PP.
    Journal: Geriatrics; 1988 Dec; 43 Suppl():11-9. PubMed ID: 3056782.
    Abstract:
    The increase in the elderly population has influenced health care policy and economics to the point where even drug therapy for this group must be re-examined. Important drug use issues in the elderly include inadequately defined goals, multiple illnesses/multiple drugs, adverse reactions, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, compliance, and self-care. Specific strategies for dealing with each of these issues are acceptability/suitability of specific drugs, formalized compliance analysis, cooperative monitoring and profiling, effective patient communication, and patient education.
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