Inappropriate prescribing according to the STOPP/START criteria in older people from a primary care setting

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 281-289

  Castillo Páramo, Alicia ^a   Clavería, Ana ^b   Verdejo González, Asunción ^a   Rey Gómez Serranillos, Isabel ^a   Fernández Merino, M Carmen ^c   Figueiras, Adolfo ^d,e  

^a Galician Health Service   (Spain)

^b Vigo Primary Care Region   (Spain)

^c Santiago Primary Region Galician Health Service   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aged; Inappropriate prescribing; Patient safety; Primary health care; STOPP START criteria

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCREENING TOOL OF OLDER PERSONS PRESCRIPTIONS CRITERIA; SCREENING TOOL TO ALERT DOCTORS TO RIGHT TREATMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84910677254     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2014.899349     Document Type: Article

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