Factors influencing the use of potentially inappropriate medication in older patients in Slovakia

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-392

  Wawruch, M ^a   Fialova, D ^b   Zikavska, M ^a   Wsolova, L ^c   Jezova, D ^d   Kuzelova, M ^e   Liskova, S ^a   Krajcik, S ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^e Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Immobilization; Polypharmacy; Potentially inappropriate medication; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; SLOVAKIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); AGE; ASTRONOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; JUPITER; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 49849084848     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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