# Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/pharmaceutical-practices-and-patient-outcomes-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 919,378 |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the challenges and consequences of polypharmacy, inappropriate medication use, and adverse drug events in the elderly population. It explores topics such as potentially inappropriate prescribing, pharmacist interventions, medication reconciliation, deprescribing, and the impact of anticholinergic burden. The research aims to address the complexities of medication management in older adults and improve patient outcomes. |
| Domain | Health Sciences |
| Field | Medicine |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T10496 |
| Works | 136,236 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Richard M. Ryan](https://scholariq.org/researchers/richard-m-ryan/)
- [Hermann Brenner](https://scholariq.org/researchers/hermann-brenner/)
- [Edward L. Deci](https://scholariq.org/researchers/edward-l-deci/)
- [Gordon Guyatt](https://scholariq.org/researchers/gordon-guyatt/)
- [Salim Yusuf](https://scholariq.org/researchers/salim-yusuf/)
- [Jeremy Grimshaw](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jeremy-grimshaw/)
- [Stuart Pocock](https://scholariq.org/researchers/stuart-pocock/)
- [Valentı́n Fuster](https://scholariq.org/researchers/valent-n-fuster/)
- [Edward L. Giovannucci](https://scholariq.org/researchers/edward-l-giovannucci/)
- [Carol Brayne](https://scholariq.org/researchers/carol-brayne/)
- [Harlan M. Krumholz](https://scholariq.org/researchers/harlan-m-krumholz/)
- [Clifford R. Jack](https://scholariq.org/researchers/clifford-r-jack/)

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