Epidemiology of suboptimal prescribing in older, community dwellers: A two-wave, population-based survey in dicomano, Italy

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1029-1038

  Lapi, Francesco ^a,b   Pozzi, Claudia ^a,c   Mazzaglia, Giampiero ^b   Ungar, Andrea ^a,c   Fumagalli, Stefano ^a,c   Marchionni, Niccolò ^a,c   Geppetti, Pierangelo ^a   Mugelli, Alessandro ^a   Di Bari, Mauro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Regional Agency for Healthcare Services of Tuscany   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 70849121292     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11319390-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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