Psychotropic medication use among elderly nursing home residents in Slovenia: Cross-sectional study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-24

  Šter, Marija Petek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; SLOVENIA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

EID: 79951840743     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.16     Document Type: Article

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