Prevalence of potentially preventable unplanned hospitalizations caused by therapeutic failures and adverse drug withdrawal events among older veterans

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 867-874

  Marcum, Zachary A ^a,b   Pugh, Mary Jo V ^c,d,e   Amuan, Megan E ^b   Aspinall, Sherrie L ^b,f,g   Handler, Steven M ^a,b   Ruby, Christine M ^a,f   Hanlon, Joseph T ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g Veterans Affairs Center for Medication Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug related problems; Hospitalizations; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VETERAN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; VETERANS;

EID: 84866348758     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls001     Document Type: Article

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