Potentially inappropriate prescribing in institutionalised older patients in Spain: The STOPP-START criteria compared with the Beers criteria;Prescripción potencialmente inapropiada en ancianos institucionalizados en España: Los criterios STOPP-START comparados con los criterios de beers

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-91

  Ubeda, Amalia ^a   Ferrándiz, M Luisa ^a   Maicas, Nuria ^a   Gomez, Cristina ^b   Bonet, Montserrat ^c   Peris, Jose E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Community Pharmacy Seu d'Urgell ^*  (Spain)

^c General Practitioner Seu d'Urgell   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aged; Inappropriate Prescribing; Nursing Homes; Spain

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEERS CRITERIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; SCREENING TOOL OF OLDER PERSONS PRESCRIPTION CRITERIA; SCREENING TOOL TO ALERT TO RIGHT TREATMENT CRITERIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84862663733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552012000200004     Document Type: Article

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