Association of adverse drug reactions with drug-drug and drug-disease interactions in frail older outpatients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 274-277

  Hanlon, Joseph T ^a,b,c   Sloane, Richard J ^d   Pieper, Carl F ^d,e   Schmader, Kenneth E ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICATION ERRORS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 79951789216     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq158     Document Type: Letter

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