Is there an association between inappropriate prescription drug use and adherence in discharged elderly patients?

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Mansur, Nariman ^a   Weiss, Avraham ^a   Beloosesky, Yichayaou ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adherence; Continuity; Elderly; Mortality; Prescribing; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISACODYL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOXAZOSIN; DOXEPIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYBUTYNIN; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 60349132231     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1L461     Document Type: Article

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