Journal article
Pattern of in‐hospital changes in drug use in the older people from 2010 to 2016
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the pattern of in-hospital changes in drug use in older patients from 2010 to 2016.
METHODS: People aged 65 years or more acutely hospitalized in those internal medicine and geriatric wards that did continuously participate to the REgistro POliterapie Società Italiana di Medicina Interna register from 2010 to 2016 were selected. Drugs use were categorized as 0 to 1 drug (very low drug use), 2 to 4 drugs (low drug use), 5 to 9 …
Authors
Franchi C; Ardoino I; Nobili A; Pasina L; Mannucci PM; Marengoni A; Perticone F; investigators R
Journal
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Vol. 26, No. 12, pp. 1534–1539
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
December 2017
DOI
10.1002/pds.4330
ISSN
1053-8569