The impact of number of drugs prescribed on the risk of potentially inappropriate medication among outpatient older adults with chronic diseases

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1009-1015

  Weng, M C ^a,b   Tsai, C F ^a,b   Sheu, K L ^a,b   Lee, Y T ^a,b   Lee, H C ^a,b   Tzeng, S L ^a   Ueng, K C ^a,b   Chen, C C ^a,b   Chen, S C ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTERACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; POLYPHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84887002903     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct141     Document Type: Article

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