Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in outpatient practices: Prevalence and patient characteristics based on electronic health records

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Buck, Michael D ^a,b,c   Atreja, Ashish ^d   Brunker, Cherie P ^a,e   Jain, Anil ^d   Suh, Theodore T ^d   Palmer, Robert M ^f   Dorr, David A ^g   Harris, C Martin ^d   Wilcox, Adam B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Intermountain Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Geriatrics Division   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; computerized medical records; health care; medical order entry systems; medication errors; quality assurance; Zhan criteria

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CLONIDINE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DOXAZOSIN; FLUOXETINE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYBUTYNIN; PROMETHAZINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549094436     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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