Quality of prescribing in belgian nursing homes: An electronic assessment of the medication chart

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-99

  Elseviers, Monique M ^a,b   Vander stichele, Robert R ^b   Van bortel, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drug utilization; Elderly; Inappropriate prescribing; Nursing home; Potentially inappropriate medication; Prescribing quality

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; OXYBUTYNIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BELGIUM; COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FALL RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY;

DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; NURSING HOME; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION; PRESCRIBING QUALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84893622947     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt089     Document Type: Article

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