Impact of High Risk Drug Use on Hospitalization and Mortality in Older People with and without Alzheimer’s Disease: A National Population Cohort Study

• Danijela Gnjidic ,

  * E-mail: danijela.gnjidic@sydney.edu.au

  Affiliations Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Aged Care, and Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and Concord RG Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Sarah N. Hilmer,

  Affiliations Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Aged Care, and Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Sirpa Hartikainen,

  Affiliation Kuopio Research Centre of Geriatric Care, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Anna-Maija Tolppanen,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Heidi Taipale,

  Affiliation Kuopio Research Centre of Geriatric Care, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Marjaana Koponen,

  Affiliation Kuopio Research Centre of Geriatric Care, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• J. Simon Bell

  Affiliations Kuopio Research Centre of Geriatric Care, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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