Reliability of the medication appropriateness index in Dutch residential home

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-386

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

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term care; Medication Appropriateness Index; Netherlands; Older people; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION APPROPRIATENESS INDEX; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 67349215114     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-009-9283-2     Document Type: Article

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