Open AccessMedication management at home: medication-related risk factors associated with poor health outcomes
Author(s) -
Lene Sørensen,
Julie Stokes,
David M. Purdie,
Mark Woodward,
Michael S. Roberts
Publication year - 2005
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/afi202
Subject(s) - medicine , polypharmacy , medical prescription , self medication , quality of life (healthcare) , family medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing
Some patients may have medication-related risk factors only identified by home visits, but the extent to which those risk factors are associated with poor health outcomes remains unclear.