Cumulative Changes in the Use of Long-term Medications: a Measure of Prescribing Complexity

Overview

Journal JAMA Intern Med

Publisher American Medical Association

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2013 Jun 12

PMID 23752793

Citations 8

Authors

Khoa D Lam

Yinghui Miao

Michael A Steinman

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