Drug Costs and Use in VHA Nursing Homes: A National Overview of Long-Stay Residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 515-518

  French, Dustin D ^a   Campbell, Robert R ^a   Spehar, Andrea M ^a   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^b   Cunningham, Francesca E ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

drug costs; drug use; long term care; Medicare Part D; Nursing homes; veterans

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISACODYL; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CILASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; DONEPEZIL; FINASTERIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; INSULIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VETERAN;

EID: 34948821133     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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