Sex differences in the risk of receiving potentially inappropriate prescriptions among older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 535-542

  Morgan, Steven G ^a   Weymann, Deirdre ^a   Pratt, Brandy ^b   Smolina, Kate ^a   Gladstone, Emilie J ^a   Raymond, Colette ^c   Mintzes, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Inappropriate; Older adults; Older people; Sex and gender; Socioeconomic disparities

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANDROGEN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN; INSULIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; SULFONYLUREA; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ODDS RATIO; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85015239106     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw074     Document Type: Article

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