Identification of deprescribing opportunities for patients with diabetes and dementia discharged to a nursing home using a mortality prognostic index Article (Faculty180)

cited authors

  • Kayyali, Ammar; Petite, Sarah E

description

  • Due to variability of life expectancy in patients living at long term care facilities, we uses a prognostic index, namely, Mitchell index to evaluate opportunities to deprescribe blood sugars lowering agents to minimize polypharmacy and this patient population

authors

publication date

  • 2019

published in

start page

  • 41–46

volume

  • 36