out that we do not know if physicians had asked patients to return after prescribing an antibiotic. There are certainly limitations to the use of medical billing data: (1) we could not measure the severity of a patient’s illness, (2) we were unable to capture any information about clinician recommendations for return visits, and (3) we did not collect ICD-9 codes for adverse events, which may b...

Paediatrics and geriatrics both represent highly heterogenous populations and require special consideration when developing appropriate dosage forms. This paper discusses similarities, differences and considerations with respect to the development of appropriate medicine formulations for paediatrics and geriatrics. Arguably the most significant compliance challenge in older people is polypharma...

CONTRIBUTING REVIEWERS The editors of BMC Geriatrics would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 15 (2015).

JUST OVER A century ago, Daniel Maclachlan, Physician to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, published his book The Diseases and Infirmities of Advanced Life. This was based on his extensive experience among the Chelsea pensioners as well as patients seen in private practice. He begins by stating 'the diseases of advanced and declining life have been comparatively neglected ... they have nowhere recei...