Inappropriate prescribing of drugs in older people attending primary care health centres: Detection using STOPP-START criteria;Prescripción inapropiada de fármacos en personas mayores atendidas en un centro de Atención Primaria según los criterios STOPP-START

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 265-268

  Hernández Perella, José Antonio ^a   Mas Garriga, Xavier ^a   Riera Cervera, Dolors ^a   Quintanilla Castillo, Roger ^a   Gardini Campomanes, Katharina ^a   Torrabadella Fàbregas, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drug prescription; Inappropriate prescriptions; Older adults; Primary care

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84887826837     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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