Polypharmacy trends in office visits by the elderly in the United States, 1990 and 2000

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 446-459

  Aparasu, Rajender R ^a   Mort, Jane R ^a   Brandt, Heather ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Elderly; Medication; Polypharmacy; Prescribing; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746102526     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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