CRITERIA TO EVALUATE POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICINE PRESCRIPTION IN ELDERLY PATIENT : COMPARISON OF PRACTICAL RESULTS

Background: There are several criteria to evaluate the prescription of potentially inappropriate medicines (MPI) for elderly patients. Beers criteria are the most frequently used tool but to the same group of patients, there are few comparative studies to evaluate MPI. Aims: To compare the frequenc...

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Main Authors: Maria Soares, Fernando Fernandez-Llimós, José Cabrita, José Morais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Formifarma, LDA. 2015-11-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Farmacoterapia
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Online Access:http://farmacoterapia.pt/index.php/rpf/article/view/56