Increased use of antidepressants at the end of life: Population-based study among people aged 65 years and above

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-454

  Hansen, Dorte Gilså ^a   Rosholm, Jens Ulrik ^b   Gichangi, Anthony ^a   Vach, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aged; Antidepressive agents; Death; Drug prescriptions; Elderly; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34547858080     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm056     Document Type: Article

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