@article{624b98a25f4a4bc687e72d50f103b51b,
title = "Potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions and risk of hospitalization among older, Italian, nursing home residents: the ULISSE project",
abstract = "Potentially inappropriate medications in older patients increase the risk of adverse drug events, which are an important cause of hospital admission and death among hospitalized patients. Little information is available about the prevalence of potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions (PIDPs) and the related health adverse outcomes among nursing home (NH) residents.",
keywords = "Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Drug Prescriptions, Drug Therapy, Drug Utilization, Geriatric Assessment, Homes for the Aged, Hospitalization, Humans, Inappropriate Prescribing, Italy, Medication Errors, Nursing Homes, Polypharmacy, Risk Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Drug Prescriptions, Drug Therapy, Drug Utilization, Geriatric Assessment, Homes for the Aged, Hospitalization, Humans, Inappropriate Prescribing, Italy, Medication Errors, Nursing Homes, Polypharmacy, Risk Factors",
author = "C Ruggiero and G Dell'Aquila and B Gasperini and Graziano Onder and F Lattanzio and S Volpato and A Corsonello and C Maraldi and Roberto Bernabei and A. Cherubini",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.2165/11538240-000000000-00000",
language = "English",
volume = "27",
pages = "747--758",
journal = "DRUGS & AGING",
issn = "1170-229X",
publisher = "Adis International Limited:Private Bag 65901, Mairangi Bay, Auckland 1311 New Zealand:011 64 9 4770741, EMAIL: subs@adis.com, david.herrick@adis.co.nz, INTERNET: http://www.adis.com, Fax: 011 64 9 4770766",
}