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Article History

Accepted: 27 August 2023

First Online: 11 September 2023

Declarations

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: Dr. Terman is supported by the American Academy of Neurology Susan S Spencer Clinical Research Training Scholarship and the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research J Award UL1TR002240. Dr. Niznick is supported by the National Institute of Aging K08 AG071794. Dr. Growdon is supported by National Institute of Aging R03AG078804 and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality K12HS026383. Dr. Gerlach is supported by the National Institute of Aging K23 AG066864. Drs. Terman, Niznick, Growdon, and Gerlach are members of the US Deprescribing Research Network, which is funded by the National Institute on Aging R24AG064025. Dr. Burke reports no relevant funding.

: No authors have any relevant competing or conflicts of interest.

: All datasets are freely available for download at <b>.</b>

: This study was deemed exempt by the University of Michigan Institutional Review Board (HUM00175050), given use of publicly available de-identified datasets.

: Consenting participants for this study was not required, as we used already-existing publicly available de-identified datasets that were deemed exempt as above.

: This article does not contain any identifying media or materials that would require patient consent for publication.

: Statistical code may be obtained upon request.

: SWT: conceptualization, funding and data acquisition, analysis and methodology, and writing the original manuscript draft. JDN: conceptualization, review, and editing. MEG: conceptualization, review, and editing. LBG: conceptualization, review, and editing. JFB: conceptualization, review, and editing, supervision. We confirm International Committee of Medical Journal Editors authorship criteria for all authors including: (1) substantial contribution to the work, (2) drafting or reviewing the manuscript critically, (3) final manuscript approval, and (4) agreement to be accountable. All authors have read and approved the final submitted manuscript and agree to be accountable for the work.