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Table 4 Deprescribing search filter for Embase via Embase.com

From: Development and validation of search filters to identify articles on deprescribing in Medline and Embase

‘deprescrib*’:ab,ti OR ((review* NEAR/3 medication*):ab,ti) OR (((medication* OR medicines OR prescribing) NEAR/4 inappropriate):ab,ti) OR ‘potentially inappropriate’:ab,ti OR ((reduc* NEAR/5 medication*):ab,ti) OR ‘polypharmacy’:ab,ti OR ‘discontinu*’:ab,ti OR ‘withdraw*’:ab,ti OR ((reducing NEAR/1 (drug* OR inappropriate OR frid)):ab,ti) OR ‘polypharmacy’/de OR ‘medication therapy management’/de OR ‘dose reduction’:ab,ti OR ‘taper*’:ab,ti OR ‘drug withdrawal’/de OR ‘deprescription’/de OR ‘inappropriate prescribing’/de