Using published criteria to develop a list of potentially inappropriate medications for elderly patients in Taiwan

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1269-1279

  Chang, Chirn Bin ^a   Yang, Shu Yu ^b   Lai, Hsiu Yun ^c   Wu, Ru Shu ^b   Liu, Hsing Cheng ^b   Hsu, Hsiu Ying ^b   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^d,e   Chan, Ding Cheng ^f,g  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Explicit criteria; Potentially inappropriate medications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICATION ERROR; POLYPHARMACY; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84870689530     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3274     Document Type: Article

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