Potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly patients: A study of prevalence and predictors in two teaching hospitals

<b>Background:</b> Geriatrics is an emerging clinical specialty in India. Information about the appropriateness of prescription medication use among the elderly in India is limited. Aims: To determine the prevalence and predictors of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use, and as...

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Main Authors: Harugeri A, Joseph J, Parthasarathi G, Ramesh M, Guido S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2010;volume=56;issue=3;spage=186;epage=191;aulast=Harugeri