Associations between sex, race/ethnicity, and age and the initiation of chronic high‐risk medication in <scp>US</scp> older adults
New chronic high-risk medication use varied across older adults by sociodemographic characteristics, suggesting the need to individualize medication optimization approaches and better understand how systematic barriers in access to health care may influence differences in high-risk medication use in older adults.
Authors
- Alexander Chaitoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0017-6992)
- Julie C. Lauffenburger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4940-4140)
- Katharina Tabea Jungo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1782-1345)
- Niteesh K. Choudhry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7719-2248)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2024-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19173
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.07
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung