Medication regimen complexity in institutionalized elderly people in an aging society

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 750-756

  Advinha, Ana Margarida ^a   De Oliveira Martins, Sofia ^a   Mateus, Vanessa ^b   Pajote, Sara Grou ^c   Lopes, Manuel José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drug therapy complexity; Elderly; MRCI; Nursing homes; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION REGIMEN COMPLEXITY INDEX; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NURSING HOME; PHARMACIST; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POLYPHARMACY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PORTUGAL; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84905984157     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: 22107711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-014-9963-4     Document Type: Article

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