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Authors

Raae-Hansen, Christina,Byrne, Stephen,O'Mahony, Denis,Cullinan, Shane,Sahm, Laura J.,Kearney, Patricia M.

Year

2016

Month

Unknown

Journal

Age and Ageing

Title

THE INFLUENCE OF POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATIONS ON HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND MEDICATION USE: A RETROSPECTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Status

Validated

Times Cited

()

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Volume

Issue

suppl_2

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Abstract

Methods A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of a primary care cohort. Subsets of the STOPP criteria were applied to the baseline data and those with and without PIMs were identified. Information on prescribed medicines and healthcare services use were extracted from patient records over 5 years (2011–2015) and were compared between the two groups.

Publisher Location

ISBN / ISSN

0002-0729

Edition

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw159.99

DOI Link

10.1093/ageing/afw159.99

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