Impact of a medication management system on nursing home admission rate in a community-dwelling nursing home-eligible medicaid population

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-79

  Schulz, Richard M ^a   Porter, Candace ^a   Lane, Marcia ^a   Cornman, Carol ^a   Branham, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; medication adherence; medication management service; nursing home admission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BATH; BLADDER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EATING; EMPHYSEMA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHARMACY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953683713     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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