Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing for elderly outpatients in Emilia Romagna, Italy: A population-based cohort study

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 915-924

  Maio, Vittorio ^a   Yuen, Elaine J ^a   Novielli, Karen ^a   Smith, Kenneth D ^a   Louis, Daniel Z ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CIMETIDINE; CLONIDINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOXAZOSIN; ESTROGEN; FERROUS SULFATE; FLURAZEPAM; INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; LORAZEPAM; MEPROBAMATE; METHYLDOPA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; ORPHENADRINE; OXAZEPAM; OXYBUTYNIN; PENTAZOCINE; TEMAZEPAM; THIORIDAZINE; TICLOPIDINE; TRIAZOLAM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DOXAZOSIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; OUTPATIENTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 33751256827     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 1170229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200623110-00006     Document Type: Article

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