Inappropriate drug use in the elderly: A nationwide register-based study

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1243-1248

  Johnell, Kristina ^a   Fastbom, Johan ^a   Rosén, Måns ^b   Leimanis, Andrejs ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drug register; Elderly; Inappropriate drug use; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRAZEPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 34547151584     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1K154     Document Type: Article

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