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Potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults in the USA in 2007

Author(s) -

Yanjun Zhang,

Weiwei Liu,

Jingbo Wang,

Jeff J. Guo

Publication year - 2011

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/afr012

Subject(s) - medicine , beers criteria , minimum data set , health care , health plan , gerontology , medical emergency , polypharmacy , nursing homes , intensive care medicine , nursing , economics , economic growth

• Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is a major patient safety concern for the elderly. • Using explicit criteria, previous studies found that 23.5% and 21.3% of the U.S. communitydwelling elderly used at least one PIM in 1987 and 1996, respectively.1 • The Beers criteria, Zhan criteria, and Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measure have been widely used for evaluation of health care quality and medication safety in older population.1-6

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