Inappropriate medication use among the elderly: a systematic review of administrative databases

Inappropriate medication use among the elderly: a systematic review of administrative databases

BACKGROUND Inappropriate medication use (IMU) by elderly people is a public health problem associated with adverse effects on health. There are a number of methods for identifying IMU, some involving clinical judgment and others, consensually generated lists of drugs to be avoided. This review aims to describe studies that used information from insurance company and social security administrati...

Inappropriate Medication Use among the Elderly: a Systematic Review

Title: Inappropriate Medication Use among the Elderly: a Systematic Review

s excluded? The authors state that the axes of the search equation were “population, intervention and outcome” yet none of the search terms pertain to intervention or outcomes. The authors do not present any results that pertain to the use of inappropriate prescribing criteria as an intervention or on the outcomes of using such drugs. It would appear that the authors have only conducted a revie...

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Inappropriate Medication Use in The Elderly of Amir Kola and Related Factors

Background: Due to the inappropriate drug use by the elderly leading to adverse drug reactions and side effects, this study aimed to determine the rate of inappropriate medication use among the elderly of Amirkola city using the Beers criteria. Methods: This descriptive and analytical study is part of a comprehensive study of "AHAP Elderly Health Status Study" (No. 892917) which was performed ...