Potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly: Assessing doctor knowledge, confidence and barriers

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1153-1159

  Ramaswamy, Ravishankar ^a   Maio, Vittorio ^b   Diamond, James J ^c   Talati, Amy R ^b,d   Hartmann, Christine W ^e,f   Arenson, Christine ^c   Roehl, Barbara ^a  

^a Underwood Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cephalon Inc   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse drug events; barriers; Beers criteria; doctor knowledge; elderly; potentially inappropriate prescribing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80755143979     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01494.x     Document Type: Article

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