Interventions that can Reduce Inappropriate Prescribing in the Elderly: A Systematic Review

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1013-1028

  Kaur, Sukhpreet ^a   Mitchell, Geoffrey ^a   Vitetta, Luis ^a   Roberts, Michael S ^a   Gallagher, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA BASE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 70849117493     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11318890-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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