Racial Disparities in Quality of Medication Use in Older Adults: Findings From a Longitudinal Study | Zendy

Mary T. Roth | Zendy; Denise Esserman | Zendy; Jena L. Ivey | Zendy; Morris Weinberger | Zendy

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Racial Disparities in Quality of Medication Use in Older Adults: Findings From a Longitudinal Study

Author(s) -

Mary T. Roth,

Denise Esserman,

Jena L. Ivey,

Morris Weinberger

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the american journal of geriatric pharmacotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1543-5946

pISSN - 1876-7761

DOI - 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2011.05.002

Subject(s) - medicine , dosing , cohort , quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , intervention (counseling) , health care , demography , psychiatry , nursing , sociology , economics , economic growth

The quality of medication use in older adults is suboptimal, with a large percentage of individuals not receiving recommended care. Most efforts to evaluate the quality of medication use target high-risk drugs, appropriate treatment of prevalent chronic disease states, or a set of predefined quality indicators of medication use rather than the patient. It is also suggested that racial differences in the quality of medication use may exist in older adults.

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