Open AccessDual Health Care System Use and High-Risk Prescribing in Patients With Dementia
Author(s) -
Joshua M. Thorpe,
Carolyn T. Thorpe,
Walid F. Gellad,
Chester B. Good,
Joseph T. Hanlon,
Maria K. Mor,
John R. Pleis,
Loren J. Schleiden,
Courtney Harold Van Houtven
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.839
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1539-3704
pISSN - 0003-4819
DOI - 10.7326/m16-0551
Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , medical prescription , dementia , odds ratio , propensity score matching , odds , retrospective cohort study , beers criteria , health care , emergency medicine , family medicine , logistic regression , disease , economics , pharmacology , economic growth
Recent federal policy changes attempt to expand veterans' access to providers outside the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Receipt of prescription medications across unconnected systems of care may increase the risk for unsafe prescribing, particularly in persons with dementia.