Background: Many medications pose greater health risks when prescribed for older adults,
compared with available pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic alternatives. We sought to …

OBJECTIVES Inappropriate prescribing of medications is common in health care, and is an
important safety concern, especially for older adults, who have a high burden of comorbidity …

Objective. To estimate the prevalence and predictors of medications deemed potentially
inappropriate for the elderly among family physicians' patients aged 65 and older (seniors) …

Objectives: to measure sex differences in the risk of receiving potentially inappropriate
prescription drugs and to examine what are the factors that contribute to these differences …

Abstract Background and Objective One important health outcome of inappropriate
medication use in the elderly is risk of hospitalization. We examined this relationship over 3 …

Background Inappropriate medication use is a major healthcare issue for the elderly
population. This study explored the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions …

Background and objective: Drug therapy is necessary to treat acute illness, maintain current
health and prevent further decline. However, optimizing drug therapy for older patients is …

ContextCriteria for potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly patients have
been used in the past decade in large US epidemiological surveys to identify populations at …

Aim To date, there is no study comparing the Beers 2012 and Screening Tool of Older
Person's Prescriptions (STOPP) version 2 criteria, nor reporting a comparison of the …

Background Inappropriate medication prescription is a common cause of preventable
adverse drug events among elderly persons in the primary care setting. Objective The aim of …