Interventions to optimise prescribing in care homes: Systematic review

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-162

  Loganathan, Mathumalar ^a   Singh, Shonella ^a   Franklin, Bryony Dean ^b   Bottle, Alex ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Inappropriate prescribing; Intervention trial; Multi disciplinary; Nursing home; Pharmacist; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79951785729     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq161     Document Type: Review

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