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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. Methods The study included individuals aged 75 to 90 years, diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, who were treated with at least one antihypertensive, or antidiabetic medication in 2017.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

19:05 Clarifying the “ethics vs science” argument and critiquing research techniques 22:00 Resurgence of race-based speculation in COVID-19-related research 25:57 Implantation of ideas about innate racial inferiority within medicine 28:32 Will removal of race from algorithms potentially harm our patients?

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

doi: 10.1136/fmch-2021-001143 The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in profound changes in patient and prescriber behaviour. In the United Kingdom (UK), primary care practitioners are the first-line clinicians which most patients encounter, providing initial assessment and treatment of a wide variety of conditions.