Associations of Potentially Inappropriate Medicine Use with Fall-Related Hospitalisations and Primary Care Visits in Older New Zealanders: A Population-Level Study Using the Updated 2012 Beers Criteria

Drugs - Real World Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-141

  Narayan, Sujita W ^a   Nishtala, Prasad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; ZOPICLONE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FALL RELATED HOSPITALIZATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALANDER; POLYPHARMACY; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICINE USE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 85031118974     PISSN: 21991154     EISSN: 21989788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40801-015-0020-y     Document Type: Article

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