Asthma pharmacotherapy prescribing in the ambulatory population of the united states: Evidence of nonadherence to national guidelines and implications for elderly people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1312-1317

  Navaratnam, Prakash ^a,b   Jayawant, Sujata S ^a   Pedersen, Craig A ^a   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Informagenics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Elderly; Medication use; NAMCS; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE; METHYLXANTHINE; STABILIZING AGENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION SIZE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48449095298     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01767.x     Document Type: Article

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