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| Prescribing patterns observed in registered nursing homes and long-stay geriatric wards | | Author(s) | William R Primrose, Ann E Capewell, Graeme K Simpson |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 16, no 1, January 1987 |
| Pages | pp 25-28 |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Geriatric units ; Nursing homes. |
| Annotation | Details of medication prescribed to 400 patients in 18 registered nursing homes and 233 patients in 11 long-stay geriatric wards were obtained. Excluding laxatives, a mean 2.15 medications were prescribed for long-stay patients, compared to 2.62 items for the nursing home population. There was apparent over-prescribing of certain drugs within the nursing home population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-930723080 |
| Classmark | LLD: LDB: LHB |
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