Potentially inappropriate medications in older patients increase the risk of adverse drug events, which are an important cause of hospital admission and death among hospitalized patients. Little information is available about the prevalence of potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions (PIDPs) and the related health adverse outcomes among nursing home (NH) residents.

Ruggiero, C., Dell'Aquila, G., Gasperini, B., Onder, G., Lattanzio, F., Volpato, S., Corsonello, A., Maraldi, C., Bernabei, R., Cherubini, A., Potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions and risk of hospitalization among older, Italian, nursing home residents: the ULISSE project, <<DRUGS & AGING>>, 2010; 27 (9): 747-758. [doi:10.2165/11538240-000000000-00000] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/27423]

Potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions and risk of hospitalization among older, Italian, nursing home residents: the ULISSE project

Onder, Graziano;Bernabei, Roberto;
2010

Abstract

Potentially inappropriate medications in older patients increase the risk of adverse drug events, which are an important cause of hospital admission and death among hospitalized patients. Little information is available about the prevalence of potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions (PIDPs) and the related health adverse outcomes among nursing home (NH) residents.
2010
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Ruggiero, C., Dell'Aquila, G., Gasperini, B., Onder, G., Lattanzio, F., Volpato, S., Corsonello, A., Maraldi, C., Bernabei, R., Cherubini, A., Potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions and risk of hospitalization among older, Italian, nursing home residents: the ULISSE project, <<DRUGS & AGING>>, 2010; 27 (9): 747-758. [doi:10.2165/11538240-000000000-00000] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/27423]
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