Prescribing for patients aged 65 years and over in New Zealand general practice

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1164, 2002, Pages

  Martin, Isobel R ^a   Hall, Jason ^a   Gardner, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Outram Medical Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVERTIGO AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEDATIVE AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; POLYPHARMACY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE MORAL JUDGMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037175333     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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