Beyond the beers criteria: A comparative overview of explicit criteria

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1968-1975

  Levy, Hedva Barenholtz ^a   Marcus, Esther Lee ^b   Christen, Catherine ^c  

^a HbL PharmaConsulting   (United States)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Elderly; Medication errors; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONOLOGY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 78649925714     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P426     Document Type: Review

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