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  1. Aspirin prescribing in cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older adults in Ireland: findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
  2. Hospital initiation of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in older adults and discontinuation in primary care
  3. How many medications do doctors in primary care use? An observational study of the DU90% indicator in primary care in England.
  4. Evaluation of the General Practice Pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in Irish primary care: a non-randomised pilot study
  5. Cognitive decline associated with anticholinergics, benzodiazepines, and Z-drugs: findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
  6. Pharmacists in general practice: a qualitative process evaluation of the General Practice Pharmacist (GPP) study
  7. The Development of an Accreditation Framework for Continuing Education Activities for Pharmacists
  8. High-risk categories for COVID-19 and their distribution by county in Republic of Ireland-evidence from the TILDA study
  9. TILDA report to inform demographics for over 50s in Ireland for COVID-19 crisis
  10. Efficacy and safety of sacubitril/valsartan in the treatment of heart failure: protocol for a systematic review incorporating unpublished clinical study reports
  11. A comparison of contemporary versus older studies of aspirin for primary prevention
  12. Comparing Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Tools and Their Association With Patient Outcomes
  13. Evaluation of the General Practice Pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in Irish primary care: a non‐randomised pilot study
  14. Potentially serious alcohol–medication interactions and falls in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study
  15. Association of Antidepressants With Recurrent, Injurious and Unexplained Falls is Not Explained by Reduced Gait Speed
  16. A comparison of contemporary versus older studies of aspirin for primary prevention
  17. Modification of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Following Fall-Related Hospitalizations in Older Adults
  18. Prescriber Variation in Relation to Prescribing Trends within the Preferred Drugs Initiative in Ireland (2012–2015): An Interrupted Time-Series Study Using Latent Curve Models
  19. Economic impact of potentially inappropriate prescribing and related adverse events in older people: a cost-utility analysis using Markov models
  20. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care and its association with hospital admission: longitudinal study
  21. Self-report versus electronic medical record recorded healthcare utilisation in older community-dwelling adults: Comparison of two prospective cohort studies
  22. Prescribing Variation in General Practices in England Following a Direct Healthcare Professional Communication on Mirabegron
  23. The PIPc Study—application of indicators of potentially inappropriate prescribing in children (PIPc) to a national prescribing database in Ireland: a cross-sectional prevalence study
  24. Prescribing Variation in General Practices in England Following a Direct Healthcare Professional Communication on Mirabegron
  25. Deprescribing guidelines: An international symposium on development, implementation, research and health professional education
  26. Deprescribing recommendations: An essential consideration for clinical guideline developers
  27. Deprescribing: Future directions for research
  28. Fixed-dose combination antihypertensives and risk of medication errors
  29. Supporting prescribing in Irish primary care: protocol for a non-randomised pilot study of a general practice pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in primary care
  30. An evaluation of prescribing trends and patterns of claims within the Preferred Drugs Initiative in Ireland (2011–2016): an interrupted time-series study
  31. A narrative review of the safety concerns of deprescribing in older adults and strategies to mitigate potential harms
  32. Potentially inappropriate prescribing and its association with health outcomes in middle-aged people: a prospective cohort study in Ireland
  33. Supporting prescribing in older people with multimorbidity and significant polypharmacy in primary care (SPPiRE): a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol and pilot
  34. Characterizing Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Older People in Primary Care in Ireland from 1997 to 2012
  35. PIPc study: development of indicators of potentially inappropriate prescribing in children (PIPc) in primary care using a modified Delphi technique
  36. Potentially inappropriate prescribing according to STOPP and START and adverse outcomes in community-dwelling older people: a prospective cohort study
  37. Potentially inappropriate prescribing in two populations with differing socio-economic profiles: a cross-sectional database study using the PROMPT criteria
  38. Trends and interaction of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing in primary care over 15 years in Ireland: a repeated cross-sectional study
  39. Longitudinal prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines and potential prescribing omissions in a cohort of community-dwelling older people
  40. Potentially Inappropriate Medicines and Potential Prescribing Omissions in Older People and Their Association With Health Care Utilization: A Retrospective Cohort Study
  41. Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing and Vulnerability and Hospitalization in Older Community-Dwelling Patients
  42. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing and prescribing omissions in older Irish adults: findings from The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing study (TILDA)
  43. Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP) and Its Association with Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Impairment in Older People