Open AccessExplicit, evidence-based criteria to assess the quality of prescribing to elderly nursing home residents
Author(s) -
C Alice Oborne,
Richard Hooper,
Cameron G. Swift,
Stephen H. Jackson
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/32.1.102
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , family medicine , formulary , medical prescription , emergency medicine , nursing , management , economics
prescribing in nursing homes is frequently suboptimal. Indicators to measure prescribing quality, including appropriateness of prescribing certain drugs or combinations of drugs, to hospital inpatients have been developed previously.
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