Potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly home care patients in Europe.

• Main Authors: Fialova, D., Topinkova, E., Gambassi, G., Finne-Soveri, H., Jonsson, P.V., Carpenter, I., Schroll, M., Onder, G., Wergeland Sorbye, L., Wagner, C., Reissigova, J., Bernabei, R.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: geneesmiddelengebruik; medicatieveiligheid; ouderen; thuiszorg; determinanten; ivo; tsjechië; denemarken; finland; ijsland; italië; nederland; noorwegen; groot-brittannië; Norway; McLeod; Iceland
• Online Access: http://nvl002.nivel.nl/adlibweb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoicePublicat&search=priref=2184

Context: Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly patients have been used in the past decade in large US epidemiological surveys to identify populations at risk and specifically target risk-management strategies. In contrast, in Europe little information is available about...