A study of medication safety in rural older people in Luzhou City
Rural older people in Luzhou face significant medication safety challenges, driven by high rates of polypharmacy, unsafe self-management behaviors, and socioeconomic disparities. Interventions should combine patient education, improved physician-patient communication, and systematic prescription review to reduce inappropriate medication use and related adverse outcomes.
Authors
- L. Liu
- Jingying Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3600-433X)
- Ping Huang
- Xiuli Liu
- Panwen Gong
- Ting Liu
- Shiying Xu
Institutions
- Primary HealthCare (MT)
- The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Lu'an First People's Hospital (CN)
- Chongqing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1656427
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00