Tools to evaluate potentially inappropriate prescription in the elderly a systematic review;Critérios de avaliação de prescrição de medicamentos potencialmente inapropriados uma revisão sistemática

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 775-784

  Soares, Maria A ^a   Fernandez Llimos, Fernando ^a   Cabrita, José ^a   Morais, José ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEERS CRITERIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING;

EID: 84857172537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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