HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Tuesday 7 January 2020

EEPRU Report - Burden and Effectiveness of Interventions to Address Overprescribing


Burden and Effectiveness of Interventions to Address Overprescribing

Overprescribing, also known as problematic polypharmacy, refers to when people take too many medicines or when people do not get the full benefit from their medicines. This project aims to summarise the evidence on the burden of problematic polypharmacy and the effectiveness of interventions to address it. The project involves a rapid review of systematic reviews and new scoping searches.

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