Drug prescriptions for the elderly results of a survey on 8809 prescriptions obtained by coding in the North-East area of France;La prescription médicamenteuse chez la personne âgée à propos d'une enquête sur 8 809 ordonnances obtenues par codage, dans la région Nord-Est de la France

Presse Medicale

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 630-637

  Duran, Richard ^a   Boulanger Morel, Maryse ^a   Ferry, Jean Marie ^b   Blain, Arielle ^a   Blain, Hubert ^a   Jeandel, Claude ^a,c  

^a CHU   (France)

^b Service du Controle Medical   (France)

^c Serv de Medecine Interne Geriatrie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS AFFECTING METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; REIMBURSEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG COST; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DRUG COSTS; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037797317     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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