Potentially inappropriate prescribing among Australian veterans and war widows/widowers

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 402-405

  Roughead, E E ^a   Anderson, B ^a   Gilbert, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse drug event; Beers criteria; Elderly; Potentially inappropriate medicine; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CIMETIDINE; CLONIDINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIGOXIN; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOXEPIN; ERGOT ALKALOID; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; MEFENAMIC ACID; METHYLDOPA; NAPROXEN; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYBUTYNIN; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; PRIMIDONE; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE; THIORIDAZINE; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; WAR; WIDOW; WIDOWER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; VETERANS; WAR; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 34250687745     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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