Potentially inappropriate prescribing in community-dwelling older people across Europe: a systematic literature review

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology - Tập 71 Số 12 - Trang 1415-1427 - 2015
Eline Tommelein1, Els Mehuys2, Mirko Petrović3, Annemie Somers4,2, Pieter Colin5,6, Koen Boussery2
1Pharmaceutical Care Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. [email protected].
2Pharmaceutical Care Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
3Department of Internal medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
4Department of Pharmacy, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
5Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
6Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry and Clinical Analysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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