The medication appropriateness index at 20: Where it started, where it has been, and where it may be going

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 893-900

  Hanlon, Joseph T ^a,b,e   Schmader, Kenneth E ^c,d  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; DRUG USE; EMBASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICATION APPROPRIATENESS INDEX; MEDLINE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84886568813     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-013-0118-4     Document Type: Review

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