BACKGROUND: The original Medication Appropriateness Index was validated for elderly
and polymedicated patients, both in hospital and outpatient contexts. However, no studies …

Objective To evaluate the inter-group and intra-group reliability of a modified Medication
Appropriateness Index (MAI) for use in primary care. Methods Elderly (> 65 years) …

BACKGROUND: High drug consumption by older patients and the presence of many drug-
related problems require careful assessment of drug therapy, for which a structured …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability of a medication appropriateness index (MAI)
modified for elderly outpatients in a non-Veterans Affairs setting. DESIGN: Reliability study …

BACKGROUND: The healthcare models developed for patients with multiple chronic
diseases agree on the need for improving drug therapy in these patients. The issues of …

Background The medication appropriateness index (MAI) has demonstrated reliability in
selected outpatient clinics where medical data were easily accessible from medical charts …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of medication prescribing in ambulatory elderly patients
on multiple medications using the Medication Appropriateness Index (MAI). DESIGN: Cross …

This study evaluated the reliability of a new medication appropriateness index. Using the
index, independent assessments were made of chronic medications taken by 10 …

Objective To validate the reliability of the Medication Appropriateness Index in the appraisal
of quality of prescribing by assessing the inter-and intra-group variation in Dutch residential …

BACKGROUND:: The Medication Appropriateness Index (MAI) has demonstrated reliability
in several outpatient settings. Clinical pharmacists play key roles as members of an …