Trends in use of high-risk medications for older veterans: 2004 to 2006

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1891-1898

  Pugh, Mary Jo V ^a,b   Hanlon, Joseph T ^c,d   Wang, Chen Pin ^a,b   Semla, Todd ^e,f,g   Burk, Muriel ^e,f,g   Amuan, Megan E ^e   Lowery, Ashlei ^b   Good, Chester B ^d,h   Berlowitz, Dan R ^g,i  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; inappropriate prescribing; pharmacoepidemiology; quality of care

Indexed keywords

AMFEPRAMONE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; AMPHETAMINE PLUS DEXAMPHETAMINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZPHETAMINE; CARDIAC AGENT; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYZINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PEMOLINE; PHENDIMETRAZINE; PHENTERMINE; PROMETHAZINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRIPELENNAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DATA BASE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEOPLASM; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTPATIENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEX RATIO; SIDE EFFECT; TREND STUDY; VETERAN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; VETERANS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 80054805806     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03559.x     Document Type: Review

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