Cumulative changes in the use of long-term medications: A measure of prescribing complexity

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1546-1547

  Lam, Khoa D ^a,b   Miao, Yinghui ^b,c   Steinman, Michael A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84883786856     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.7060     Document Type: Article

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