Inappropriate medication in a national sample of US elderly patients receiving home health care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-310

  Bao, Yuhua ^a   Shao, Huibo ^a   Bishop, Tara F ^a   Schackman, Bruce R ^a   Bruce, Martha L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beers list; Home health; Potentially inappropriate medication

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862585554     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1905-4     Document Type: Article

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