Pharmacist-led medication review to identify medication-related problems in older people referred to an Aged Care Assessment Team: A randomized comparative study

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 593-605

  Elliott, Rohan A ^a,b   Martinac, Georgia ^a   Campbell, Stephen ^a   Thorn, Juliet ^a   Woodward , Michael C ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Community care; Drug utilisation; Elderly; Medication errors; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; COLCHICINE; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; AGED CARE ASSESSMENT TEAM; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACISTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84862866049     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11631730-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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