Assessing the appropriateness of pain medication prescribing practices in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-239

  Hutt, Evelyn ^a,f   Pepper, Ginette A ^d   Vojir, Carol ^b   Fink, Regina ^c   Jones, Katherine R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nursing home; Pain management; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEDICATION APPROPRIATENESS SCALE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645079429     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00582.x     Document Type: Review

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