Inappropriate drug prescribing in older adults: the updated 2002 Beers criteria – a population‐based cohort study

• Published in: British journal of clinical pharmacology Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 137 - 144
• Main Authors: Van Der Hooft, Cornelis S., Jong, Geert W.’t, Dieleman, Jeanne P., Verhamme, Katia M. C., Van Der Cammen, Tischa J. M., Stricker, Bruno H. CH, Sturkenboom, Miriam C. J. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.08.2005; Blackwell Science; Blackwell Science Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Amitriptyline - adverse effects; Amitriptyline - therapeutic use; Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary - adverse effects; Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary - therapeutic use; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - adverse effects; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - therapeutic use; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic - adverse effects; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic - therapeutic use; Antipruritics - adverse effects; Antipruritics - therapeutic use; Beers criteria; Benzodiazepines - adverse effects; Benzodiazepines - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Cimetidine - adverse effects; Cimetidine - therapeutic use; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Drug Prescriptions; Drug Therapy, Combination; elderly; Enzyme Inhibitors - adverse effects; Enzyme Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Female; Humans; Hypnotics and Sedatives - adverse effects; Hypnotics and Sedatives - therapeutic use; inappropriate prescribing; Male; Medical sciences; Medication Errors; Netherlands - epidemiology; Nitrofurantoin - adverse effects; Nitrofurantoin - therapeutic use; Pharmacoepidemiology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; population‐based; Promethazine - adverse effects; Promethazine - therapeutic use; Pyridines - adverse effects; Pyridines - therapeutic use; Risk Assessment - methods; Netherlands; Human; Drug; Alcoholic beverage; inappropriate prescribing; Medical prescription; elderiy; Elderly; Public health; Beers criteria; population-based; Beer

Background In 1997, Beers and colleagues developed explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate drug prescribing in ambulatory older adults aged 65 years and over. Several studies have been performed to estimate the prevalence of inappropriate drug prescribing based on these criteria. In 2002, th...