Addressing potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients: Development and pilot study of an intervention in primary care (the OPTI-SCRIPT study)

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Clyne, Barbara ^a   Bradley, Marie C ^b   Hughes, Carmel M ^b   Clear, Daniel ^a   McDonnell, Ronan ^a   Williams, David ^c   Fahey, Tom ^a   Smith, Susan M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Medical research council framework; Multifaceted intervention; Potentially inappropriate prescribing; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; CONSENSUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CONSENSUS; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; IRELAND; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84881525502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-307     Document Type: Article

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