Medication-related admissions in older people: A cross-sectional, observational Study

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 951-961

  Rogers, Stephen ^a   Wilson, Dan ^b   Wan, Simon ^c   Griffin, Mark ^d   Rai, Gurcharan ^c   Farrell, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70350513310     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11316750-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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