… Drug utilization review tools can highlight instances of potentially inappropriate prescribing
to those involved in elderly pharmacotherapy, ie doctors, nurses and pharmacists. We aim to …

… that can significantly reduce inappropriate prescribing in the elderly. The review is based on
… such as ‘elderly’, ‘interventions’, ‘optimized prescribing’ and ‘inappropriate prescribing’ to …

… the elderly in … elderly groups most vulnerable to inappropriate prescribing. Future research
should document more evidence regarding the adverse impact of inappropriate prescribing …

… to assess relations between inappropriate prescription(s) (yes/no) for a patient, and patient’s
gender, age, and the number of doctors involved in the prescribing. The predictors were …

Older people tend to have multiple comorbid conditions and subsequent polypharmacy,
which place them at higher risk of adverse drug events, drug–drug and drug–disease …

… a high rate of inappropriate prescribing among this population of … of inappropriate prescribing
in community-dwelling elders in Ireland. These high rates of inappropriate prescribing were …

… hospital admissions in elderly patients may be linked to drug-related problems. Therefore
prevention and recognition of inappropriate prescribing of medicines in elderly patients is one …

… Inappropriate prescribing (IP) in the elderly population is now considered a major public
health issue, given its direct linkage to substantial morbidity, mortality and wastage of health …

… Inappropriate use of prescription medications can have severe clinical consequences in the
elderly… risk for complications due to inappropriate prescribing and that such complications …

… mortality in the elderly. This study investigates doctor knowledge about potentially inappropriate
prescribing (PIP) in elderly, their confidence in prescribing for the elderly and explores …