Inappropriate drug use among community-dwelling elderly

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 575-582

  Hanlon, Joseph T ^a,b   Fillenbaum, Gerda G ^c,d   Schmader, Kenneth E ^c,d,e   Kuchibhatla, Maggie ^c,d   Horner, Ronnie D ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POLYPHARMACY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034024319     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.20.6.575.35163     Document Type: Article

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