Paradoxical relations of drug treatment with mortality in older persons

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 682-689

  Glynn, Robert J ^a,b   Knight, Eric L ^a   Levin, Raisa ^a   Avorn, Jerry ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bias; Confounding; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INSULIN; LIPOTROPIC AGENT; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW JERSEY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035211416     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200111000-00017     Document Type: Article

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