Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: How common? Baseline data from The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-85

  Brekke, Mette ^a   Rognstad, Sture ^a   Straand, Jørund ^a   Furu, Kari ^b   Gjelstad, Svein ^a   Bjørner, Trine ^a   Dalen, Ingvild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drug safety; Elderly; Family practice; General practitioner; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARISOPRODOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG INTERACTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARD;

AGED; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY;

EID: 45749108236     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430802002875     Document Type: Article

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