Trends in Prevalence and Determinants of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in the United States: 2007 to 2012

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 788-797

  Jirón, Marcela ^a,b   Pate, Virginia ^b   Hanson, Laura C ^c   Lund, Jennifer L ^b   Jonsson Funk, Michele ^b   Stürmer, Til ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; database study; Medicare; older adults; pharmacoepidemiology; potentially inappropriate medications

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIGOXIN; ESTROGEN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

2012 BEERS CRITERIA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DRUG CHOICE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERIATRICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963974326     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14077     Document Type: Article

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