Inappropriate medication use and health outcomes in the elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1934-1939

  Fu, Alex Z ^a   Liu, Gordon G ^a   Christensen, Dale B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Health status; Inappropriate prescribing; MEPS; Ordered probit model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

DRUG;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 13244271467     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52522.x     Document Type: Article

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