A cluster-randomized educational intervention to reduce inappropriate prescription patterns for elderly patients in general practice – The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study [NCT00281450]

BACKGROUND: Age-related alterations in metabolism and excretion of medications increase the risk of adverse drug events in the elderly. Inappropriate polypharmacy and prescription practice entails increased burdens of impaired quality of life and drug related morbidity and mortality. The main object...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Straand, Jørund, Fetveit, Arne, Rognstad, Sture, Gjelstad, Svein, Brekke, Mette, Dalen, Ingvild
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1525163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16764734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-72

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1525163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16764734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-72

Ejemplares similares