The quality of quality measures: HEDIS® quality measures for medication management in the elderly and outcomes associated with new exposure

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 645-654

  Pugh, Mary Jo V ^a,b   Marcum, Zachary A ^c   Copeland, Laurel A ^d   Mortensen, Eric M ^e,f   Zeber, John E ^d   Noël, Polly H ^a,b   Berlowitz, Dan R ^d   Downs, John R ^a,b   Good, Chester B ^d,h,i   Alvarez, Carlos ^f,g   Amuan, Megan E ^d   Hanlon, Joseph T ^c  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMENTIA; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTHCARE EFFECTIVENESS DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84880832640     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-013-0086-8     Document Type: Article

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