Prescription drug use in the elderly: A descriptive analysis

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 127-141

  Moxey, Elizabeth D ^a   O'Connor, John P ^b   Novielli, Karen D ^b   Teutsch, Steven ^b   Nash, David B ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 INDANDIONE DERIVATIVE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; INSULIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 0141988735     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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