Potentially inappropriate medication for emergency department visits by elderly patients in Taiwan

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Chen, Yu Chun ^a   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a   Lai, Hsiu Yun ^a   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a   Lin, Ming Hsien ^a   Chen, Liang Kung ^a   Lee, Chen Hsen ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Emergency department; Health care burden; National Health Insurance; Potentially inappropriate medication

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMITRIPTYLINE PLUS PERPHENAZINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; GUANETHIDINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS METHYLDOPA; INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; LAXATIVE; LIMBITROL; LONG ACTING DRUG; MEPROBAMATE; METHYLDOPA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORPHENADRINE; ORPHENADRINE CITRATE; PETHIDINE; SHORT ACTING DRUG; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; THIORIDAZINE; TICLOPIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 59049094776     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1684     Document Type: Article

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