Open AccessPotentially inappropriate medication prescribing is associated with socioeconomic factors: a spatial analysis in the French Nord-Pas-de-Calais Region
Author(s) -
JeanBaptiste Beuscart,
Michaël Génin,
Corrine Dupont,
David Verloop,
Alain Duhamel,
Marguerite-Marie Defebvre,
François Puisieux
Publication year - 2016
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/afw245
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , medical prescription , unemployment , demography , pharmacy , environmental health , family medicine , population , nursing , sociology , economics , economic growth
potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) prescribing is common in older people and leads to adverse events and hospital admissions.
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