Prescription of potentially inappropriate medication to older patients presenting to the emergency department: a nationally representative population study

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 11727 - 8
• Main Authors: Chang, Chirn-Bin, Lai, Hsiu-Yun, Hwang, Shinn-Jang, Yang, Shu-Yu, Wu, Ru-Shu, Liu, Hsing-Cheng, Chan, Ding-Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 06.08.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/700/1518; 692/700/155; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Population studies; Population-based studies; Resource utilization; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Taiwan

Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) was associated with adverse clinical outcomes and higher healthcare resource utilization among older patients. In order to investigate the prevalence of PIM use based on three different sets of criteria and their associated factors among older patients in t...