Potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly home care patients in Europe

D Fialová, E Topinková, Giovanni Gambassi, H Finne Soveri, Pv Jónsson, I Carpenter, M Schroll, Graziano Onder, Lw Sørbye, C Wagner, J Reissigová, Roberto Bernabei

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Abstract

Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly patients have been used in the past decade in large US epidemiological surveys to identify populations at risk and specifically target risk-management strategies. In contrast, in Europe little information is available about potentially inappropriate medication use and is based on small studies with uncertain generalizability.
Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)1348-1358
Numero di pagine11
RivistaJAMA (Ed. italiana)
Volume293
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2005

Keywords

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Drug Utilization
  • Europe
  • Female
  • Geriatrics
  • Home Care Services
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Medication Errors
  • Retrospective Studies

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