Potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly outpatients in Croatia

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 737-744

  Popović, Branislava ^a   Quadranti, Nives Radošević ^a   Matanović, Suzana Mimica ^b,c   Lisica, Ines Diminić ^a   Ljubotina, Aleksandar ^a   Duliba, Dubravka Pezelj ^d   Vlahović Palčevski, Vera ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b University Hospital Center Osijek   (Croatia)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^d Croatian Health Insurance Agency   (Croatia)

^e KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gender; Inappropriate prescribing; Outpatients; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMIODARONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INDOMETACIN; LORAZEPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXAZEPAM; POTASSIUM; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; THEOPHYLLINE; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROATIA; DRUG DATABASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PREVALENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84901680082     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-014-1667-0     Document Type: Article

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