Inappropriate prescribing: Criteria, detection and prevention

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 437-452

  O'Connor, Marie N ^a   Gallagher, Paul ^a,b   Omahony, Denis ^a,b  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Elderly; Medication errors; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARISOPRODOL; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CLIDINIUM; CLONIDINE; CYCLANDELATE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DICYCLOVERINE; DOXAZOSIN; ETACRYNIC ACID; GUANADREL; GUANETHIDINE; HALAZEPAM; HYDROXYZINE; HYOSCYAMINE; MEPROBAMATE; MESORIDAZINE; METAXALONE; METHOCARBAMOL; OXAPROZIN; PEMOLINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; RESERPINE; THIORIDAZINE; TRIMETHOBENZAMIDE; TRIPELENNAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT OF UNDERUTILIZATION OF MEDICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPROVED PRESCRIBING IN THE ELDERLY TOOL; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION APPROPRIATENESS INDEX; MORBIDITY; NORWEGIAN GENERAL PRACTICE CRITERIA; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIBING APPROPRIATENESS INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SCREENING TOOL OF OLDER PERSON POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIPTION; SCREENING TOOL TO ALERT DOCTORS TO RIGHT TREATMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACCINATION;

HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861711728     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11632610-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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