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STOPP = Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions. Other screening criteria or tools include the Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment (START), the Drug Utilisation Review, the Medication Appropriateness Index, and the National Committee of Quality Assurance.
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Greater risk of ADRs, hospitalisation with PIMs in elderly. Reactions Weekly 1757, 10 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40278-019-63238-0
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