Prevalence, correlates, and associated outcomes of potentially inappropriate psychotropic use in the community-dwelling elderly

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-111

  Aparasu, Rajender R ^a   Mort, Jane R ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dwelling; Correlates; Economic; Elderly; Humanistic; Inappropriate; Outcomes; Psychotropic; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMPHETAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; DOXEPIN; FLURAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MEPROBAMATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4043130392     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1543-5946(04)90015-3     Document Type: Article

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