Long-term care pharmacists who see a link between inappropriate medications and adverse drug events have a new ally. Denys Lau, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University, has documented an association between potentially inappropriate prescribing and hospitalization and death among elderly nursing home residents.

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