Prevalence of the prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications at ambulatory care visits by elderly patients covered by the Taiwanese National Health Insurance program

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1859-1870

  Lai, Hsiu Yun ^a   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a   Chen, Yu Chun ^a   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a   Lin, Ming Hsien ^a   Chen, Liang Kung ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ambulatory care visits; elderly; health care burden; National Health Insurance; potentially inappropriate medications

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LAXATIVE; LONG ACTING DRUG; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 72249100941     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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