Marie C Bradley, Nicola Motterlini, Shivani Padmanabhan, Caitriona Cahir, Tim Williams, Tom Fahey, Carmel M Hughes
BACKGROUND: Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in older people is associated with increases in morbidity, hospitalisation and mortality. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of and factors associated with PIP, among those aged ≥70 years, in the United Kingdom, using a comprehensive set of prescribing indicators and comparing these to estimates obtained from a truncated set of the same indicators. METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), in 2007...
June 12, 2014: BMC Geriatrics