Causes and factors associated with inappropriate prescribing in the elderly patient detected at hospital admission. Application of the stopp & start criteria;Causas y factores asociados a la prescripción inapropiada en paciente anciano detectadas al ingreso hospitalario. Aplicación de los criterios stopp-start

Atencion Farmaceutica

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-107

  Iniesta Navalón, Carles ^a   Urbieta Sanz, Elena ^a   Gascón Cánovas, Juan José ^b   Rentero Redondo, Lorena ^a   García Molina Sáez, Celia ^a   Cabello Muriel, Aurelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Elderly; Inappropriate prescribing; STOPP and START criteria

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG PREFERENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84863457703     PISSN: 11397357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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