Are older Western Australians exposed to potentially inappropriate medications according to the Beers Criteria? A 13-year prevalence study

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages E39-E46

  Price, Sylvie D ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^a   Emery, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Inappropriate prescribing; Prevalence; Risk factor; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; TEMAZEPAM;

AGE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DRUG INTERACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYPHARMACY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTORS; TEMAZEPAM; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84927691898     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12136     Document Type: Article

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