Potentially Inappropriate Medications and Potential Prescribing Omissions in Elderly Patients Receiving Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Application of Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment Criteria

Potentially Inappropriate Medications and Potential Prescribing Omissions in Elderly Patients Receiving Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Application of Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment Criteria

Background: Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions (STOPP) and Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment (START) criteria have been used to detect potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and potential prescribing omissions (PPOs). These criteria were applied to geriatric Portuguese pat...

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Main Authors: Catarina Candeias, Jorge Gama, Márcio Rodrigues, Amílcar Falcão, Gilberto Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
STOPP criteria
START criteria
inappropriate prescribing
prescribing omissions
elderly
Portuguese patients
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.747523/full

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