Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Patients Discharged From Acute Care Hospitals to Residential Aged Care Facilities

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1425-1433

  Poudel, Arjun ^a   Peel, Nancye M ^a   Nissen, Lisa ^a,b   Mitchell, Charles ^a   Gray, Len C ^a   Hubbard, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; frailty; inappropriate prescribing; older patients; residential aged care facilities

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE FACILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908084437     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1060028014548568     Document Type: Article

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