Medication discrepancy and potentially inappropriate medication in older chinese-american home-care patients after hospital discharge

American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 284-295

  Hu, Sophia H ^a   Capezuti, Elizabeth ^a   Foust, Janice B ^b   Boltz, Marie P ^a   Kim, Hongsoo ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

care transitions; medication discrepancies; medication reconciliation; older Chinese Americans; potentially inappropriate medications

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION DISCREPANCY; MEDICATION ERROR; POTENTIAL INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEW YORK CITY; POLYPHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84867400924     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: 18767761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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