Objective To investigate the epidemiology of medication errors and error-related adverse
events in adults in primary care, ambulatory care and patients' homes. Design Systematic …

Purpose Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use causes preventable adverse drug
reactions in older patients. Several assessment tools have been published to identify and …

Background Inappropriate polypharmacy is a particular concern in older people and is
associated with negative health outcomes. Choosing the best interventions to improve …

What is known and Objective Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) has significant
clinical, humanistic and economic impacts. Identifying PIP in older adults may reduce their …

Background Inappropriate medication prescription is a common cause of preventable
adverse drug events among elderly persons in the primary care setting. Objective The aim of …

Background: The Beers criteria identify inappropriate use of medications in older adults. The
number of and risk for adverse events from these medications are unknown. Objective: To …

Multiple medication use is common in older adults and may ameliorate symptoms, improve
and extend quality of life, and occasionally cure disease. Unfortunately, multiple medication …

Older adults are vastly underrepresented in clinical trials in spite of shouldering a
disproportionate burden of disease and consumption of prescription drugs and therapies …

Background: Adverse drug outcomes in the elderly have led to the development of lists of
potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), such as the Beers criteria, and these PIMs …

Background Inappropriate medication use (IMU) by elderly people is a public health
problem associated with adverse effects on health. There are a number of methods for …