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Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing by nurse practitioners and physicians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2021
Abstract Background Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is a risk factor for hospitalization and mortality. However, there were few studies focusing on the impact of provider type on PIM use.
Lin‐Na Chou, Yong‐Fang Kuo, Mukaila A. Raji, James S. Goodwin   +3 more
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Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Canada Relative to the US

Drugs & Aging, 2004
To explore the prescribing of potentially inappropriate drug therapy in Ontario, Canada where there is a restrictive drug formulary relative to the US where there is no single drug formulary.A retrospective, cohort study using an administrative database (Ontario, Canada) compared with published survey results (US).
Rochon, Paula A., Lane, Christopher J., Bronskill, Susan E., Sykora, Kathy, Anderson, Geoffrey M., Mamdani, Muhammad M., Gurwitz, Jerry H., Dhalla, Irfan A.   +7 more
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in a population of frail elderly people

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2016
Background Frailty is a clinical syndrome highly predictive of functional decline after a stress or a medical event, such as adverse drug events. Objective To describe the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in a population of frail elderly patients.
Isabelle, Récoché, Cécile, Lebaudy, Charlène, Cool, Sandrine, Sourdet, Antoine, Piau, Maryse, Lapeyre-Mestre, Bruno, Vellas, Philippe, Cestac   +7 more
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients admitted to psychiatric hospital†

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2016
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing including potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and potential prescription omissions (PPOs) and to assess related risk factors in older people with major psychiatric illness.
Cornelis Kramers, Denis O'Mahony
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A Meta-Synthesis of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Patients

Drugs & Aging, 2014
Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) is commonly seen amongst the older population in all clinical settings, as indicated by several prevalence studies in several countries. Quantitative work such as this confirms that this is a global public health problem likely to grow in tandem with ageing of the global population.
Shane, Cullinan, Denis, O'Mahony, Aoife, Fleming, Stephen, Byrne   +3 more
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing for insomnia in elderly outpatients in Taiwan

Int. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2006
This study was based on Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) claim records with the aim of identifying specific types of potentially inappropriate sedative-hypnotic prescribing in elderly outpatients with insomnia. The potentially inappropriate prescribing included duplicate treatment, excessive dosage and duration or treatment and prescribing of ...
W F, Huang, I C, Lai
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Prescribing of potentially inappropriate drugs in the elderly

International journal of clinical pharmacy, 2017
Background and objective: Drug prescribing is the most common medical intervention in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more sensitive to the drug’s effects due to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes associated with aging. Chronic diseases and co-morbidities often require the use of a large number of medications.
Bačić Vrca, Vesna, Marinović, Ivana, Samardžić, Ivana, Falamić, Slaven, Bakalović, Paula   +4 more
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Potentially Inappropriate Drug Prescribing and Associated Factors in Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2014
Polymedication is frequent in nursing home (NH) residents. This increases the risk of potentially inappropriate drug prescribing (PIDP), which can lead to adverse drug events, such as falls and hospitalization.To identify PIDP in NH residents and to investigate subject-related and NH structural and organizational factors associated with PIDP.Cross ...
Laure Rouch, Benoit Lepage, Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre   +2 more
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Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing for Elderly Patients in 2 Outpatient Settings

American Journal of Medical Quality, 2006
Research has shown a high prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication prescribing (PIP) for elderly patients in outpatient settings, but little is known about whether a physician's practice setting influences prescribing attitudes. This study examines the prevalence of PIP among elderly patients in 2 out-patient practices, 1 located in a senior ...
Vittorio, Maio, Christine W, Hartmann, Sara, Poston, Xinyue, Liu-Chen, James, Diamond, Christine, Arenson   +5 more
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing to hospitalised patients

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2008
Purpose. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of potential drug– drug interactions (DDIs) in hospitalised patients in correlation with patient’ s age and number of drugs prescribed and to determine the prevalence of inappropriate drugs prescribed to elderly patients. Methods.
Radošević Quadranti, Nives, Vlahović-Palčevski, Vera   +1 more
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