Open AccessUtilization Pattern of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Geriatric Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Retrospective Observational Study
Author(s) -
Rajal S. Narvekar,
Nikhil N. Bhandare,
Jonathan Joaquim Gouveia,
Padma N. Bhandare
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/21080.9731
Subject(s) - beers criteria , observational study , medicine , geriatrics , health care , retrospective cohort study , polypharmacy , population , medical prescription , emergency medicine , family medicine , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , nursing , economics , economic growth
Geriatric population is on the rise throughout the world, hence the quality and the safety of prescribing in the elderly is a global healthcare concern. It is important for the healthcare providers to be aware of the limitations in prescribing certain drugs to the elderly. This study was an attempt to shed light on the utilization pattern of Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs) in elderly patients admitted in the medicine wards in a tertiary care hospital in Goa.