Number of drugs in the medication list as an indicator of prescribing quality: a validation study of polypharmacy indicators in older hip fracture patients

PURPOSE: Indicators based on the number of drugs in the medication list are sometimes used to reflect quality of drug treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the concurrent validity of such polypharmacy indicators, i.e., their ability to differentiate between appropriate and suboptimal drug treatmen...

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Autores principales: Belfrage, Björn, Koldestam, Anders, Sjöberg, Christina, Wallerstedt, Susanna M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Materias:
Pharmacoepidemiology and Prescription
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4333233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25567216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-014-1792-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4333233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25567216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-014-1792-9

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