Prescribed medicines for elderly frail people with diabetes resident in nursing homes-issues of polypharmacy and medication costs

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-139

  Gadsby, R ^a   Galloway, M ^b   Barker, P ^c   Sinclair, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Medicines Management   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Improvement Department   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Drug treatment; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLICLAZIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MONOTHERAPY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TABLET FORMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 83155192723     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03494.x     Document Type: Article

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