Development of a list of potentially inappropriate drugs for the Korean elderly using the Delphi method

Healthcare Informatics Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 231-252

  Kim, Dong Sook ^a   Im Heo, Soon ^b   Lee, Suk Hyang ^c  

^a Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drug utilization review; Elderly patients; Prescription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878694664     PISSN: 20933681     EISSN: 2093369X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2010.16.4.231     Document Type: Article

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