Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: how common? Baseline data from The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study.

Objective. To assess Norwegian general practitioners' (GPs') level of potentially harmful drug prescribing for elderly patients. Design. Prescription data for 12 months were retrospectively retrieved from the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD). Data were assessed in relation to 13 prescription...

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Publicado en:Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 80 - 86
Autores principales: Brekke M, Rognstad S, Straand J, Furu K, Gjelstad S, Bjørner T, Dalen I
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2008
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