Prevalence of inappropriate medication using Beers criteria in Japanese long-term care facilities

Prevalence of inappropriate medication using Beers criteria in Japanese long-term care facilities

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Publication type: 
Journal Article
Year: 
2006
Journal/Series title: 
BMC Geriatrics
Volume number: 
6
Issue: 
1
Pages: 
1
ISSN/ISBN: 
1471-2318
Abstract: 

The prevalence and risk factors of potentially inappropriate medication use among the elderly patients have been studied in various countries, but because of the difficulty of obtaining data on patient characteristics and medications they have not been studied in Japan.