Appropriateness of use of medicines in elderly inpatients: qualitative study.
OBJECTIVES: To explore the processes leading to inappropriate use of medicines for elderly patients admitted for acute care. DESIGN: Qualitative study with semistructured interviews with doctors, nurses, and pharmacists; focus groups with inpatients; and observation on the ward by clinical pharmacists for one month. SETTING: Five acute wards for care of the elderly in Belgium. PARTICIPANTS: 5 doctors, 4 nurses, and 3 pharmacists from five acute wards for the interviews; all professionals and patients on two acute wards for the observation and 17 patients (from the same two wards) for the focus... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2005 |
Schlagwörter: | Acute Disease / Adult / Aged / 80 and over / Attitude of Health Personnel / Belgium / Counseling / Decision Making / Drug Utilization / Female / Health Services Misuse / Health Services Research / Health Services for the Aged / Hospitalization / Humans / Interprofessional Relations / Male / Pharmaceutical Preparations / Physician-Patient Relations / Prescriptions / Drug |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26981888 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/10289 |