Prescription drug use among older adults in Italy: A country-wide perspective

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 531.e11-531.e15

  Onder, Graziano ^a   Vetrano, Davide Liborio ^a   Cherubini, Antonio ^b   Fini, Massimo ^c   Mannucci, Pier Mannuccio ^d   Marengoni, Alessandra ^e   Monaco, Alessandro ^f   Nobili, Alessandro ^g   Pecorelli, Sergio ^f   Russo, Pierluigi ^f   Vitale, Cristiana ^c   Bernabei, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f ITALIAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (Italy)

^g MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Elderly; Italy; Medication use; Polypharmacy; Prescription

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; AGED; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84903158156     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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