Potentially inappropriate medications used by the elderly: Prevalence and risk factors in Brazilian care homes

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vieira De Lima, Thaís Jaqueline ^a   Garbin, Cléa Adas Saliba ^a   Garbin, Artênio José Ísper ^a   Sumida, Dóris Hissako ^a   Saliba, Orlando ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Drug utilization; Inappropriate prescribing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878254921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-52     Document Type: Article

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