Frailty: A key indicator to minimize inappropriate medication in older people

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 969-975

  Poudel, A ^a   Hubbard R E , ^a   Nissen, L ^a,b   Mitchell, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FATIGUE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84884710825     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct146     Document Type: Article

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