Drug burden index and hospitalization among community-dwelling older people

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 395-404

  Lönnroos, Eija ^a   Gnjidic, Danijela ^b,c,d   Hilmer, Sarah N ^b,c   Bell, J Simon ^a,e   Kautiainen, Hannu ^f,g   Sulkava, Raimo ^a,f   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g CENTRAL FINLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Cholinergic receptor antagonists; Elderly; Hospitalisation; Hypnosedatives

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG BURDEN INDEX; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTIONAL COMORBIDITY INDEX; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860553840     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11631420-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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