Assessing the use of medications in the elderly: Methods and initial experience in the cardiovascular health study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 683-692

  Psaty, Bruce M ^a   Lee, Marshall ^b   Savage, Peter J ^c   Rutan, Gale H ^d   German, Pearl S ^e   Lyles, Mary ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Center for Health Services Research ^*  (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Computer program; Database; Drug utilization; Elderly Pharmacoepidemiology; Methods; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ESTROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026780951     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(92)90143-B     Document Type: Article

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