Medication appropriateness index: Reliability and recommendations for future use [8]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 720-722

  Spinewine, Anne ^a   Dumont, Christophe ^b   Mallet, Louise ^c   Swine, Christian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Hopital St Joseph   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION APPROPRIATENESS INDEX; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; RELIABILITY;

AGED; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645502292     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00668_8.x     Document Type: Letter

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