Potentially inappropriate and inefficient prescriptions for older patients in long term-care. Is beers's criteria useful?;Prescripciones ineficaces e inapropiadas en ancianos. ¿sirven los criterios de Beers?

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 132, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 757-759

  Bandrés Liso, Ana Cristina ^a   Ferrando Vela, Juan ^a   Martín Algora, Isabel ^a   García Álvarez, Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICINE; PRESCRIPTION;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE;

EID: 67649563653     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2008.12.006     Document Type: Letter

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