Prevalence of drug use among the elderly in a local institutional home

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 243-248

  Sun, X L ^a   Dickinson, J A ^b  

^a POK OI HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inappropriate prescription and iatrogenic complication; Nursing home; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; AGENTS AFFECTING METABOLISM; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LAXATIVE; MINERAL; MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; VITAMIN;

AGE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0042472829     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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