Prescribing quality for older people in norwegian nursing homes and home nursing services using multidose dispensed drugs

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 929-936

  Halvorsen, Kjell H ^a   Granas, Anne Gerd ^a   Engeland, Anders ^a,b   Ruths, Sabine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Research Unit for General Practice   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drug interactions; Frail older adults; Home nursing services; Inappropriate prescribing; Multidose dispensed drugs; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARISOPRODOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXEPIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYZINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MEVINOLIN; NITRAZEPAM; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN; SOTALOL; THEOPHYLLINE; TRIMIPRAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERNET; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84861421334     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2232     Document Type: Article

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