Open AccessAgreement Between Drugs-to-Avoid Criteria and Expert Assessments of Problematic Prescribing
Author(s) -
Michael A. Steinman,
Gary E. Rosenthal,
C. Seth Landefeld,
Daniel Bertenthal,
Peter J. Kaboli
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.206
Subject(s) - concordance , medicine , beers criteria , cohen's kappa , pharmacist , family medicine , drug , intensive care medicine , pharmacy , polypharmacy , pharmacology , machine learning , computer science
Drugs-to-avoid criteria are commonly used to evaluate prescribing quality in elderly persons. However, few studies have evaluated the concordance between these criteria and individualized patient assessments as measures of problem prescribing.
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