Drug Treatment in Older People before and after the Transition to a Multi-Dose Drug Dispensing System-A Longitudinal Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Wallerstedt, Susanna M ^a   Fastbom, Johan ^b   Johnell, Kristina ^b   Sjöberg, Christina ^a   Landahl, Sten ^c   Sundström, Anders ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYDROXYZINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRAZEPAM; SEDATIVE AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-10; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTI DOSE DRUG DISPENSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84879492687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067088     Document Type: Article

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