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Inappropriate Prescribing

"Inappropriate Prescribing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The practice of administering medications in a manner that poses more risk than benefit, particularly where safer alternatives exist.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Inappropriate Prescribing" by people in this website by year, and whether "Inappropriate Prescribing" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2019
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