Association between hospitalization and discontinuity of medication therapy used in the community setting in the Netherlands

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 933-939

  Stuffken, Rutger ^a,b   Heerdink, Eibert R ^a   De Koning, Fred H P ^a   Souverain, Patrick C ^c   Egberts, Antoine C G ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Afdeling KNO Heelkunde   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Medication therapy discontinuity; Reconciliation

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 48249150291     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1L062     Document Type: Article

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