BACKGROUND Prevalence of prescribing psychotropic medications, particularly inappropriate prescription, is widespread in older adults, both in nursing home residents as well as community-dwelling older adults. This review describes prevalence and prevention of inappropriate prescribing and risk factors associated with psychotropic medications. METHODS MEDLINE and GOOGLE SCHOLAR data base were...

OBJECTIVES to measure sex differences in the risk of receiving potentially inappropriate prescription drugs and to examine what are the factors that contribute to these differences. DESIGN a retrospective cohort study. SETTING community setting of British Columbia, Canada. PARTICIPANTS residents of British Columbia aged 65 and older (n = 660,679). MEASUREMENTS we measured 2013 period pr...

Background: Previous studies have not demonstrated a consistent association between potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMs) in older patients as defined by Beers criteria and avoidable adverse drug events (ADEs). This study aimed to assess whether PIMs defined by new STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ potentially inappropriate Prescriptions) criteria are significantly associated with AD...

OBJECTIVE To explore the feasibility of using a broader definition of the appropriateness of prescribing in general practice by developing ways of measuring this broader definition and by identifying possible relationships between different aspects of appropriateness and patient outcomes. DESIGN A questionnaire study of patients and general practitioners before and after study consultations, ...

OBJECTIVE To characterize trends in outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the United States DESIGN Retrospective ecological and temporal trend study evaluating outpatient antibiotic prescriptions from 2013 to 2015 SETTING National administrative claims data from a pharmacy benefits manager PARTICIPANTS. Prescription pharmacy beneficiaries from Express Scripts Holding Company MEASUREMENTS Annua...

Abstract Background Inappropriate prescriptions can lead to adverse consequences for patients. It also imposes excessive cost on the patients, payers and health systems. The current study aimed at estimating rate of inappropriate brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) their financial burden in Iran. Methods Using systematic stratified sampling method, this cross-sectional recruited 385 particip...

BACKGROUND In France, little information exists on psychotropic drug consumption in the elderly. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to describe the patterns of psychotropic drug consumption, including the extent of inappropriate prescribing, in elderly subjects enrolled in a large health insurance plan in France (MGEN). METHODS In 2011, 5840 MGEN affiliates aged at least 65 years were randomly sele...