Potentially inappropriate prescribing before and after nursing home admission among patients with and without dementia

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 246-254

  Zuckerman, Ilene H ^a   Hernandez, Jose Josue ^a   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^b   Hebel, J Richard ^b   Stuart, Bruce ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^c   Magaziner, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Inappropriate prescribing; Nursing home; Quality of medication prescribing

Indexed keywords

NOOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILE DEMENTIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33144481767     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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