Interventions to Address Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1210-1222

  Clyne, Barbara ^a   Fitzgerald, Ciaran ^a   Quinlan, Aisling ^a   Hardy, Colin ^a   Galvin, Rose ^a,b   Fahey, Tom ^a   Smith, Susan M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

community dwelling; intervention; older people; potentially inappropriate prescribing; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; NARRATIVE; PHARMACIST; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTION BIAS; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84975230278     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14133     Document Type: Article

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