Medicine information exchange networks among healthcare professionals and prescribing in geriatric medicine wards

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1185-1196

  Chan, Bosco ^a,b   Reeve, Emily ^a,b,c   Matthews, Slade ^b   Carroll, Peter R ^a,b   Long, Janet C ^c   Held, Fabian ^c   Latt, Mark ^b,d   Naganathan, Vasi ^b,c   Caplan, Gideon A ^e,f   Hilmer, Sarah N ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

age 80 and over; drug prescriptions; inappropriate prescribing; network analysis; polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; AGED; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 85011715785     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.13222     Document Type: Article

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