Potentially inappropriate medication use by elderly Mexican Americans

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1197-1202

  Raji, Mukaila A ^a   Ostir, Glenn V ^a   Markides, Kyriakos S ^b   Espino, David V ^c   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Inappropriate prescribing; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; CARISOPRODOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CHLORZOXAZONE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DICYCLOVERINE; DIHYDROERGOTOXINE MESILATE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOXEPIN; FLURAZEPAM; HYDROXYZINE; HYOSCYAMINE; INDOMETACIN; MEPROBAMATE; METAXALONE; METHOCARBAMOL; METHYLDOPA; OXYBUTYNIN; PENTAZOCINE; PROMETHAZINE; TICLOPIDINE; TRIMETHOBENZAMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042925511     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1C480     Document Type: Article

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