Perception of potentially inappropriate medication in elderly patients by Slovak physicians

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 829-834

  Wawruch, M ^a   Zikavska, M ^a   Wsolova, L ^b   Jezova, D ^a,c   Fialova, D ^d   Kunzo, M ^a   Kuzelova, M ^e   Lassanova, M ^a   Kruty, P ^f   Kriska, M ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^f GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Beers 2003 criteria; Elderly patient; Hospital admission and discharge; Potentially inappropriate medication; Prescribing physicians; Questionnaire analysis; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CARISOPRODOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; DOXAZOSIN; FLUOXETINE; INDOMETACIN; METHYLDOPA; PENTAZOCINE; PIROXICAM; PROMETHAZINE; THIORIDAZINE; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVAKIA;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 33751120138     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1290     Document Type: Article

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