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  1. Dispensing Patterns of Prescription Medicines Among Older Australians From 2013-2023
  2. Older Australians collect an average of 31 PBS scripts a year – new research
  3. Changes in the Dispensing of Antibiotics to Australian Children Between 2013 and 2023: Are We Heading in the Right Direction?
  4. The development of a Community Service Announcement to raise awareness of the Home Medicines Review health service program
  5. Study protocol for developing deprescribing clinical practice guidelines: evidence-based GRADE methodology and a Delphi consensus method
  6. Understanding the language of medicines use in older adults: a systematic review of definitions and measures
  7. Use of an electronic medication management application to support Pharmacists Review to Optimise Medicines in Residential Aged Care (PROMPT-RC): a study protocol for a parallel cluster randomised controlled trial
  8. The Use of Alcohol Pharmacotherapies and Prescription Contraceptives among Females of Reproductive Age in Australia
  9. Predicting medicine related harm in older adults post discharge: an Australian feasibility study
  10. Drivers of engagement in virtual communities of practice: a qualitative study of Australian pharmacists’ perceptions and experiences
  11. Perspective of older people on which medicines they need to report to healthcare professionals as part of a medicines history: a qualitative descriptive study
  12. Exploring Australian pharmacists’ experiences with the electronic National Residential Medication Chart: a qualitative descriptive study
  13. Pharmacists in aged care: outcomes of a national stakeholders meeting
  14. Characteristics of effective health education for older migrants from diverse cultural backgrounds – a scoping review protocol
  15. Defining polypharmacy in older adults: a cross-sectional comparison of prevalence estimates calculated according to active ingredient and unique product counts
  16. Healthcare spending and factors associated with fall injury in Australia residential aged care: a cohort analysis
  17. Supply of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and molnupiravir for patients with COVID-19 in the first eight months since listing on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: A retrospective observational study
  18. The Australian Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction (AusTAPER) hospital study: effect of a collaborative medication review on the number of current regular medicines for older hospital inpatients
  19. The effect of deprescribing interventions on mortality and health outcomes in older people: An updated systematic review and meta‐analysis
  20. Research Letter: Dispensing of psychotropic medications in Australia between 2013 and 2022
  21. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Treatment for Herpes Virus Infection and the Dispensing of Antidementia Medicines: An Analysis of the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Database
  22. Alcohol pharmacotherapy dispensing trends in Australia between 2006 and 2023
  23. Medicines Regimens Charted for Older People Living in Residential Aged Care: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study Describing the Number of Medicines, Regimen Complexity, High-Risk Prescribing, and Potential Underprescribing
  24. Refining the CRiSPHe (checklist for reporting research using a simulated patient methodology in Health): a Delphi study
  25. Utilising a ‘Community of Practice’ to support pharmacists to work in residential aged care: protocol for a longitudinal evaluation
  26. Cross‐sectional, case‐control and longitudinal associations between exposure to glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists and the dispensing of antidepressants
  27. Observational evidence linking psychotropic medicines to the dispensing of opioid agents in later life
  28. Prospective Association Between the Dispensing of Antidepressants and of Medications to Treat Osteoporosis in Older Age
  29. Cost-Consequence Analysis of Deprescribing to Optimize Health Outcomes for Frail Older People: A Within-Trial Analysis
  30. Pharmacists working in residential aged care: a survey of pharmacist interest and perceived preparedness
  31. Development of a list of Australian potentially inappropriate medicines using the Delphi technique
  32. Dispensing of antineoplastic medications and their impact on the dispensing of anti-dementia drugs for adults aged ≥60 years: A cohort study
  33. Health morbidities associated with the dispensing of lithium to males and females: Cross-sectional analysis of the 10 % Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme sample for 2022
  34. Multidisciplinary perspectives on roles of hospital pharmacists in tertiary settings: a qualitative study
  35. Research Letter: Effect of antivirals for COVID-19 on the mortality of older adults dispensed treatment with lithium, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics and hypnotics
  36. Correction: Amin et al. Evaluation of Medication Prescribing Applications Available in Australia. Pharmacy 2023, 11, 49
  37. To prescribe or not to prescribe? A review of the Prescribing Competencies Framework for dentistry
  38. Lithium Dispensed for Adults Aged ≥ 50 Years Between 2012 and 2021: Analyses of a 10% Sample of the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
  39. Theoretical Underpinnings of a Model to Reduce Polypharmacy and Its Negative Health Effects: Introducing the Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction (TAPER)
  40. Use of a reference text by pharmacists, intern pharmacists and pharmacy students: a national cross-sectional survey
  41. Pharmacists’ use of guidelines for the supply of non-prescription medicines: a cross-sectional survey
  42. Factors influencing pharmacist interest and preparedness to work as on-site aged care pharmacists: Insights from qualitative analysis of free-text survey responses
  43. Behaviours that contribute to pharmacist professionalism: a scoping review
  44. Clinical pharmacists’ reported approaches and processes for undertaking Home Medicines Review services: A national survey
  45. Perceptions and expectations of health professionals regarding hospital pharmacy services and the roles of hospital pharmacists: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis
  46. Deprescribing to optimise health outcomes for frail older people: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomised controlled trial—outcomes of the Opti-med study
  47. Deprescribing considerations for older people in general practice
  48. Deprescribing for older people living in residential aged care facilities: Pharmacist recommendations, doctor acceptance and implementation
  49. Who would be a pharmacist? A national representative cross-sectional survey of pharmacists and students to explore personality traits and associations with job satisfaction and career outlook
  50. What types of information do pharmacists include in comprehensive medication management review reports? A qualitative content analysis
  51. Polypharmacy and medicine regimens in older adults in residential aged care
  52. Understanding influences on the use of professional practice guidelines by pharmacists: A qualitative application of the COM-B model of behaviour
  53. Australian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures
  54. Hospital‐initiated post‐discharge medication reviews in Australia: expert opinion on the barriers and enablers to implementation
  55. Response from Authors: a benchmarking scoping review of research output from hospital pharmacy departments in Australia
  56. Development and Pilot Implementation of a Training Framework to Prepare and Integrate Pharmacy Students into a Multicentre Hospital Research Study
  57. A benchmarking scoping review of research output from hospital pharmacy departments in Australia
  58. Australian community pharmacists’ ability to identify the indications for dental prescriptions—a case vignette study
  59. Evidence for the development of skills for education, leadership and innovation through experiential‐based foundational pharmacy residency programs: a narrative review
  60. Medication use to manage comorbidities in people with dementia: a systematic review
  61. Utilization of social media communities for caregiver information support in stroke recovery: An analysis of content and interactions
  62. Do pharmacy practice standards effectively describe behaviour? Reviewing practice standards using a behavioural specificity framework
  63. Applicability of explicit potentially inappropriate medication lists to the Australian context: A systematic review
  64. Investigating the trends and outcomes of potentially harmful medicine regimens in the populations
  65. Regular use of proton-pump inhibitors and risk of stroke: a population-based cohort study and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials
  66. Use of professional practice guidance resources in pharmacy: a cross-sectional nationwide survey of pharmacists, intern pharmacists, and pharmacy students
  67. Management of dental emergencies amongst Australian general medical practitioners – A case‐vignette study
  68. Anticholinergics and clinical outcomes amongst people with pre-existing dementia: A systematic review
  69. Attitudes to Drug Use in Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Nurses and Care Staff
  70. Attitudes, barriers and facilitators of hospital pharmacists conducting practice‐based research: a systematic review
  71. Exploring the practice, confidence and educational needs of hospital pharmacists in reviewing antimicrobial prescribing: a cross-sectional, nationwide survey
  72. Dispensing Patterns of Medicines Prescribed by Australian Dentists From 2006 to 2018 – a Pharmacoepidemiological Study
  73. Developing a checklist for reporting research using simulated patient methodology (CRiSP): a consensus study
  74. Exploring stakeholder roles in medication management for people living with dementia
  75. Mild cognitive impairment: To diagnose or not to diagnose
  76. Analysis of the demographics and characteristics of the Australian pharmacist workforce 2013–2018: decreasing supply points to the need for a workforce strategy
  77. Electronic Medication Management System Introduction and Deprescribing Practice in Post-Acute Care
  78. The impact of pharmacist‐led strategies implemented to reduce errors related to cancer therapies: a systematic review
  79. Letter to the Editor: Deprescribing in older people: helpful tools and proton pump inhibitors
  80. The assessment and pharmacological management of osteoporosis after admission for minimal‐trauma fracture at a major metropolitan centre
  81. Optimising health outcomes via pharmacist delivered telehealth medicines management: a systematic review
  82. A comparison between Parkinson’s medication errors identified through retrospective case note review versus via an incident reporting system during hospital admission
  83. Deprescribing in older people
  84. Dental students’ knowledge of and attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine in Australia – An exploratory study
  85. Hospital‐initiated medication review – time to deliver on a decade of promises
  86. Medication knowledge among dental students in Australia—a cross‐sectional study
  87. Deprescribing in older people
  88. Trends and Predictors of Oral Anticoagulant Use in People with Alzheimer’s Disease and the General Population in Australia
  89. Patterns of High-Dose and Long-Term Proton Pump Inhibitor Use: A Cross-Sectional Study in Six South Australian Residential Aged Care Services
  90. Protocol for a non-randomised pilot and feasibility study evaluating a multicomponent intervention to simplify medication regimens for people receiving community-based home care services
  91. Undiagnosing: Correcting the medical record to prevent over-intervention
  92. Polypharmacy among older Australians, 2006–2017: a population‐based study
  93. Potentially suboptimal prescribing of medicines for older Aboriginal Australians in remote areas
  94. Undiagnosing to prevent overprescribing
  95. The Crohn’s & Colitis Australia Inflammatory Bowel Disease Audit: Measuring the quality of care in Australia
  96. The current status and effects of emergency drug shortages in China: Perceptions of emergency department physicians
  97. Medication use to manage comorbidities for people with dementia: a systematic review
  98. Incidence of Medication-Related Harm in Older Adults After Hospital Discharge: A Systematic Review
  99. Integrate healthcare to provide multidisciplinary consumer-centred medication management: report from a working group formed from the National Stakeholders’ Meeting for the Quality Use of Medicines to Optimise Ageing in Older Australians
  100. A concept analysis of deprescribing medications in older people
  101. Informing deprescribing decisions in older people: does the Product Information contain advice on medication use for older people and medication withdrawal?
  102. Choosing a medication brand: Excipients, food intolerance and prescribing in older people
  103. Exploring the enablers and barriers to implementing the Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health conditions during Dementia (MATCH-D) criteria in Australia: a qualitative study
  104. Clinician agreement and influence of medication-related characteristics on assessment of polypharmacy
  105. A practical approach to the pharmacological management of hypertension in older people
  106. Deprescribing: a guide for medication reviews
  107. Medication appropriateness tool for co-morbid health conditions in dementia: consensus recommendations from a multidisciplinary expert panel
  108. Deprescribing in older people
  109. Pharmacy students’ rural career intentions: Perspectives on rural background and placements
  110. The feasibility and effect of deprescribing in older adults on mortality and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  111. Deprescribing in frail older people – Do doctors and pharmacists agree?
  112. Deprescribing in Frail Older People: A Randomised Controlled Trial
  113. Clinical placements by Australian university schools of pharmacy
  114. Herbal medicine for insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  115. The pharmacist in a primary healthcare setting
  116. Prescribing for Australians living with dementia: study protocol using the Delphi technique
  117. Gaining a ‘proper sense’ of what happens out there: An ‘Academic Bush Camp’ to promote rural placements for students
  118. Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy
  119. The efficacy of deprescribing interventions on health outcomes in people aged over 65 years: a systematic review protocol