Appropriateness of prescribing among elderly patients in a Dutch residential home: Observational study of outcomes after a pharmacist-led medication review

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 947-954

  Stuijt, Clementine C M ^a   Franssen, Eric J F ^a   Egberts, Antoine C G ^b,c   Hudson, Steve A ^d  

^a Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug utilisation; Elderly; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE;

AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 54549121555     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/0002512-200825110-00005     Document Type: Article

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