Polypharmacy in the Elderly: A Multicenter Study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 486-490

  Gokce Kutsal, Yesim ^a   Barak, Anil ^a   Atalay, Ayce ^b   Baydar, Terken ^a   Kucukoglu, Selcuk ^c   Tuncer, Tiraje ^d   Hizmetli, Sami ^e   Dursun, Nigar ^f   Eyigor, Sibel ^g   Saridogan, Merih ^h   Bodur, Hatice ⁱ   Canturk, Ferhan ^j   Turhanoglu, Ayse ^k   Arslan, Sule ^l   Basaran, Aynur ^m  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^j ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Drugs; elderly; polypharmacy; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 68949204884     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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