Reliability of a modified medication appropriateness index in primary care

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 769-773

  Bregnhøj, Lisbeth ^a   Thirstrup, Steffen ^b   Kristensen, Mogens Brandt ^b   Sonne, Jesper ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b DANISH MEDICINES AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 27944488779     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-005-0963-0     Document Type: Article

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