Looking beyond polypharmacy: Quantification of medication regimen complexity in the elderly

American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 223-229

  Mansur, Nariman ^a   Weiss, Avraham ^a   Beloosesky, Yichayaou ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

adherence; elderly; health outcomes; Medication Regimen Complexity Index; polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE GERIATRICS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION REGIMEN COMPLEXITY INDEX; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEDICATION ERRORS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864629823     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: 18767761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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