Quality of pharmacotherapy and outcomes for older veterans discharged from the emergency department

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 875-880

  Hastings, S Nicole ^a,b,c   Schmader, Kenneth E ^a,b,c   Sloane, Richard J ^c   Weinberger, Morris ^a,b   Pieper, Carl F ^c   Goldberg, Kenneth C ^a   Oddone, Eugene Z ^a,d  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Health outcomes; Health services for the aged; Pharmacotherapy; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; OXYBUTYNIN; PROMETHAZINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIRIUM; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBOPTIMAL PHARMACOTHERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE RETENTION; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG MONITORING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; VETERANS;

EID: 43249128550     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01648.x     Document Type: Article

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