Factors influencing deprescribing for residents in Advanced Care Facilities: insights from General Practitioners in Australia and Sweden

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Bolmsjö, Beata Borgström ^a   Palagyi, Anna ^b   Keay, Lisa ^b   Potter, Jan ^c   Lindley, Richard I ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced Care Facilities; Ageing; Deprescribing practice; General Practitioners; Nursing homes; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84994059350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-016-0551-7     Document Type: Article

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