Medication use in hospitalized nonagenarians

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 104-107

  Harris, Josephine ^a   Finucane, P ^b   Healy, D ^b   Bakarich, A ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036378345     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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