Trends in inappropriate drug therapy prescription in the elderly in Sweden from 2006 to 2013: Assessment using national indicators

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 379-386

  Hovstadius, Bo ^a   Petersson, Göran ^a   Hellström, Lina ^a   Ericson, Lisa ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG ACTING DRUG; OXAZEPAM; PROPIOMAZINE; TRAMADOL; ZOPICLONE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL RECORD; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84900829669     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-014-0165-5     Document Type: Article

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