The quality of pharmacotherapy in older veterans discharged from the emergency department or urgent care clinic

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1339-1348

  Hastings, S Nicole ^a,b,c   Sloane, Richard J ^b   Goldberg, Kenneth C ^c   Oddone, Eugene Z ^c   Schmader, Kenneth E ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge medications; Elderly; Emergency department; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 34548259790     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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