Effects of continuity of care on medication duplication among the elderly

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-156

  Cheng, Shou Hsia ^a   Chen, Chi Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

continuity of care; elderly; medication duplication; multiple chronic conditions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION DUPLICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84892962552     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000042     Document Type: Article

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