Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older residents in irish nursing homes

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-120

  Ryan, Cristin ^a,c   O'mahony, Denis ^b   Kennedy, Julia ^c   Weedle, Peter ^c   Cottrell, Elmarie ^c   Heffernan, Marianne ^c   O'mahony, Brid ^c   Byrne, Stephen ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nursing home; Older people; Potentially inappropriate prescribing; STOPP START

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; IRELAND; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; IRELAND; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84871316256     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs068     Document Type: Article

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