Use of drugs in homes for the elderly and nursing homes compared with that in ambulant patients or those not requiring care;Arzneimittelanwendung bei alten- und pflegeheimbewohnern im vergleich zu patienten in ambulanter pflege bzw. ohne pflegebedarf

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 39, 2002, Pages 1995-2000

  Pittrow, David ^a   Krappweis, J ^a   Kirch, Wilhelm ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BERLIN; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037184180     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34355     Document Type: Article

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