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Tag Archives: Inappropriate Prescribing
Polypharmacy in the Elderly: Use of the STOPP and START Criteria
Summary Many drugs which can be prescribed safely and effectively for younger patients are potentially inappropriate for the elderly. A screening tool has been developed in Ireland. Reference Vermeulen Windsant-van den Tweel, AM. Verduijn, MM. [and] Derijks, HJ. [et al] … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), International, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Benzodiazepines, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Cork University Hospital, Inappropriate Prescribing, Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde, Polypharmacy in the Elderly STOPP and START Criteria, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Screening, START (Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to Right Treatment), STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions), STOPP and START Criteria, Université Catholique de Louvain
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Prescribing of Antipsychotics for Dementia Patients Declined Sharply in England 2006-2011 (Health and Social Care Information Centre)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 12, July 2012]. Summary The percentage of dementia patients being prescribed antipsychotic drugs fell sharply over the period 2006-2011 according to a statistical report … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU): Health and Social Care Information Centre, Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, England, Epidemiology, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Health and Social Care Information Centre: Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Inappropriate Prescribing, National Audit of Dementia, National Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit 2012, NHS Information Centre, Percentage of People Diagnosed with Dementia with Antipsychotic Prescription 2006 - 2011, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Dementia Registers, Right Prescription (Dementia Action Alliance)
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Antipsychotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes in the United States: Response to Regulatory Stringency (Health Economics)
Summary This paper studies the impact of regulatory stringency in the USA (as measured by the statewide deficiency citation rate over the past year) on the quality of care provided in a US national sample of nursing homes from 2000 … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, For Researchers (mostly), International, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights
Tagged Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes in the United States, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Atypical Antipsychotics, Department of Economics and Scripps Gerontology Center: Miami University, Farmer School of Business: Miami University, Health Economics, Inappropriate Prescribing, Nursing Homes, Nursing Homes in the United States, Prescribing Anti-Psychotic Drugs to People with Dementia, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Regulatory Stringency, United States
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