Prescribing of antipsychotics in people with dementia in acute general hospitals in England: 2010-2012

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 394-398

  Stephens, P ^a,b   Chikh, K ^a   Leufkens, H ^b  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Dementia; Inappropriate prescribing; Physician; Prescribing patterns

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84919957474     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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