Validity of Diagnostic and Drug Data in Standardized Nursing Home Resident Assessments: Potential for Geriatric Pharmacoepidemiology

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-179

  Gambassi, Giovanni ^a,b   Landi, Francesco ^a   Peng, Lei ^b   Brostrup Jensen, Chris ^b   Calore, Kathleen ^b   Hiris, Jeffrey ^b   Lipsitz, Lewis ^c   Mor, Vincent ^b   Bernabei, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Longterm care; Minimum Data Set; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KANSAS; MAINE; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH DAKOTA;

EID: 0031989013     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199802000-00006     Document Type: Article

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