Medication quality and quality of life in the elderly, a cohort study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nordin Olsson, Inger ^a,b   Runnamo, Rebecka ^a,c   Engfeldt, Peter ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BULKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; LAXATIVE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DRUG QUALITY; EQ 5D TOOL; EQ VAS TOOL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84856151590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-95     Document Type: Article

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