Construction of the Korea Elderly Pharmacoepidemiologic Cohort: Drug utilization review of cephalosporins in geriatric in patients

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 487-492

  Park, Byung Joo ^a,b   Cho, Yong Kyun ^c   Kim, Sun Ah ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cephalosporins; Drug utilization review; Korea; Korea Elderly Pharmacoepidemiologic Cohort

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEPHALOSPORINS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KOREA; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035698425     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.665     Document Type: Article

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