Applying the 2003 Beers update to elderly Medicare enrollees in the Part D program

• Published in: Medicare & medicaid research review Vol. 2; no. 2
• Main Authors: Blackwell, Steven A, Montgomery, Melissa A, Baugh, Dave K, Ciborowski, Gary M, Riley, Gerald F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2012
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged - statistics & numerical data; Aged patients; Aged, 80 and over; Care and treatment; Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drugs; Dual MEDICAID MEDICARE Eligibility; Female; Health administration; Health Status; Humans; Inappropriate Prescribing - statistics & numerical data; Logistic Models; Male; Medicare Part D - statistics & numerical data; Patients; Prescribing; Retrospective Studies; Sex Factors; United States - epidemiology; United States; Prescribing; Beers; Medicare; Elderly; Part D

Inappropriate prescribing of certain medications known as Beers drugs may be harmful to the elderly, because the potential risk for an adverse outcome outweighs the potential benefit. (1) To assess Beers drug use in dual enrollees compared to non-duals; (2) to explore the association between dual en...