Use of potentially inappropriate medications in an ambulatory medicare population

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 913-919

  Woelfel, Joseph A ^a,b   Patel, Rajul A ^b   Walberg, Mark P ^b   Amaral, Michelle M ^b  

^a Pharmaceutical Care Clinics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Elderly; Medicare part D; Pharmacist

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONIDINE; ESTROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY STUDENT; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; POLYPHARMACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84255167050     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2011.913     Document Type: Article

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