Potentially Suboptimal Prescribing for Older Veteran Nursing Home Patients With Dementia

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-28

  Hanlon, Joseph T ^a   Aspinall, Sherrie L ^b   Handler, Steven M ^c   Gellad, Walid F ^a   Stone, Roslyn A ^a   Semla, Todd P ^b,d   Pugh, Mary Jo V ^e   Dysken, Maurice W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VA Hospital   (United States)

^c UPITT   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f VA Medical Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; drug utilization; nursing home; quality; veterans

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG INTERACTION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 84919663744     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1060028014558484     Document Type: Article

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