Impact of residence on prevalence and intensity of prescription drug use among older adults

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1932-1938

  Carrie, Anita G ^a   Grymonpre, Ruby E ^b   Blandford, Audrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Drug utilization; Geriatrics; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750997048     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H338     Document Type: Article

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