Assessing potentially inappropriate prescribing in the elderly veterans affairs population using the HEDIS 2006 quality measure

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 537-545

  Pugh, Mary Jo V ^a,b   Hanlon, Joseph T ^c,d   Zeber, John E ^a,b   Bierman, Arlene ^e,f   Cornell, John ^a,b   Berlowitz, Dan R ^c,g  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e University of Pittsburgh ^*  (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Geriatrics; Pharmacoepidemiology; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; CARISOPRODOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CHLORZOXAZONE; CLORAZEPATE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DICYCLOVERINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ESTROGEN; FLURAZEPAM; HALAZEPAM; HYDROXYZINE; HYOSCYAMINE; MEPROBAMATE; METAXALONE; METHOCARBAMOL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE; QUAZEPAM; TRIMETHOBENZAMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VETERAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 34247518986     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2006.12.7.537     Document Type: Article

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