Journal article
Medication-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations among older adults.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify medications that have a high risk of adverse drug effects (ADEs) among seniors, using data from publicly available administrative databases.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional study using the Discharge Abstracts Database (DAD) (which contains data on acute care institutions in all provinces and territories except Quebec), the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) (which contains data on emergency department [ED] visits …
Authors
Bayoumi I; Dolovich L; Hutchison B; Holbrook A
Journal
Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. e217–e222
Publication Date
April 2014
ISSN
0008-350X