Open AccessDrug utilization pattern and factors associated with polypharmacy and excessive polypharmacy in geriatric medical out-patients at a rural health training centre in India
Author(s) -
Nitya Selvaraj,
G. Ramya,
Kiruthika Sivagourounadin,
Meenakshi Ravindran,
Jayabalan Nalini Devi,
Suganeswari Ganesan,
S Pravin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2417_20
Subject(s) - polypharmacy , medicine , drug , training (meteorology) , gerontology , family medicine , psychiatry , pharmacology , physics , meteorology
Multiple chronic illnesses associated with ageing population demands the role of polypharmacy. Drug utilization study in terms of description of drug use pattern in the geriatric patients aids in monitoring polypharmacy as well as to determine the factors contributing to it.