Background: Polypharmacy has been identified as a quality indicator, but no studies have
been reported about the epidemiology of polypharmacy among hospital patients at …

Objectives To determine the prevalence and incidence of polypharmacy/hyperpolypharmacy
and which medications are most prescribed to patients with varying burden of …

Purpose Complex medication management in older people with multiple chronic conditions
can introduce practice variation in polypharmacy prevalence. This study aimed to determine …

Background Polypharmacy in older patients increases the risk of medication-related adverse
events and can be a marker of unnecessary care. Objectives The aim of this study was to …

Background: Despite accumulating evidence about the harm of polypharmacy in family
medicine, few studies have investigated factors related to polypharmacy. The objective of …

This study aimed at verifying the role of polypharmacy as an independent risk factor for
adverse health outcomes in older emergency department (ED) patients. This was a large (n …

Aims Prescribing multiple medications is associated with various adverse outcomes, and
polypharmacy is commonly considered suggestive of poor prescribing. Polypharmacy might …

Background The use of multiple medications and/or the administration of more medications
that are clinically indicated, representing unnecessary drug use (polypharmacy) increases …

BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy has been extensively studied internationally and reported to
be increasing among the elderly. Within the United States, few studies have examined …

Purpose To explore differences in the prevalence and determinants of polypharmacy in the
older general population in Belgium between self‐reported and prescription based …