Open AccessPotentially inappropriate medication use in elderly patients: A study of prevalence and predictors in two teaching hospitals
Author(s) -
Anand Harugeri,
J. Eapen Joseph,
G Parthasarathi,
Madhan Ramesh,
Shoba Guido
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.68642
Subject(s) - medicine , polypharmacy , beers criteria , observational study , medical prescription , logistic regression , emergency medicine , clopidogrel , geriatrics , prospective cohort study , aspirin , pediatrics , pharmacology , psychiatry
Geriatrics is an emerging clinical specialty in India. Information about the appropriateness of prescription medication use among the elderly in India is limited.