Practical problems with medication use that older people experience: A qualitative study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2339-2344

  Notenboom, Kim ^a   Beers, Erna ^b   Van Riet Nales, Diana A ^c   Egberts, Toine C G ^b,d   Leufkens, Hubert G M ^c,d   Jansen, Paul A F ^b   Bouvy, Marcel L ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICINES EVALUATION BOARD   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adherence; medication use; medicines; older people; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PACKAGING; PHARMACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; INTERVIEW;

DRUG;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84918826598     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13126     Document Type: Article

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