Prevalence and longitudinal trends in prescription of potentially inappropriate medications for the elderly in the Czech Republic;Prevalence a vývojové trendy v preskripci léčiv potenciâlně nevhodných ve stáří v České Republice

Prakticky Lekar

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 722-728

  Vinšová, Jana ^a,e   Fialova D ^a,b   Topinkova E ^b   Vlcek J ^a   Wawruch, M ^c   Vitasek Z ^d  

^a Farmaceutická Fakulta UK V Hradci Králové ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d Zam stnanecká Poji t'ovna koda   (Czech Republic)

^e Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beers s criteria; Geriatrics; Potentially inappropriate medications in the aged; Prevalence and trends

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DOXAZOSIN; ERGOT ALKALOID; INDOMETACIN; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYBUTYNIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33846311096     PISSN: 00326739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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