The effects of pharmacist intervention on emergency department visits in patients 80 years and older: Subgroup analyses by number of prescribed drugs and appropriate prescribing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Alassaad, Anna ^a,b   Bertilsson, Maria ^c   Gillespie, Ulrika ^b   Sundström, Johan ^a,c   Hammarlund Udenaes, Margareta ^a   Melhus, Håkan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TOOL OF OLDER PEOPLE POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIPTION SCORE; SCREENING TOOL TO ALERT DOCTORS TO RIGHT TREATMENT SCORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; FEMALE; MALE; PHARMACIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 84909594543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111797     Document Type: Article

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