Indicators of prescribing quality for elderly hospital inpatients

Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-25

  Elliott, Rohan A ^a,b   Woodward, Michael C ^b   Oborne, C Alice ^c  

^a Bundoora Extended Care Centre   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CLOPIDOGREL; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DROPERIDOL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HALOPERIDOL; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METFORMIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0035067504     PISSN: 03106810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jppr200131119     Document Type: Article

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