Patterns of therapeutic prescription medication catergory use among community-dwelling homebound older adults

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 715-723

  Sharkey, Joseph R ^a   Browne, Barry ^b   Ory, Marcia G ^a   Wang, Suojin ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homebound older adults; Meals on wheels; Medication management; Medication use; Older adults; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27144543725     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1066     Document Type: Article

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