National Indicators for Quality of Drug Therapy in Older Persons: the Swedish Experience from the First 10 Years
Inappropriate drug use is an important health problem in elderly persons. Beginning with the Beers’ criteria in the early 1990s, explicit criteria have been extensively used to measure and improve quality of drug use in older people. This article describes the Swedish indicators for quality of drug...
Main Authors: | Fastbom, Johan, Johnell, Kristina |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366557/ |
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