Hospitalization Risk and Potentially Inappropriate Medications among Medicare Home Health Nursing Patients

[1] Fortinsky RH(2014)Risk factors for hospitalization in a national sample of medicare home health care patients J Appl Gerontol 33 474-93

[2] Madigan EA(2012)American Geriatrics Society updated Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults J Am Geriatr Soc 60 616-31

[3] Sheehan TJ(2004)Inappropriate medications for elderly patients Mayo Clin Proc 79 122-39

[4] Tullai-McGuinness S(2004)Aging biology and geriatric clinical pharmacology Pharmacol Rev 56 163-84

[5] Kleppinger A(2010)Age-related pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes and related risk of adverse drug reactions Curr Med Chem 17 571-84

[6] Chutka DS(2006)Polypharmacy as a risk factor for adverse drug reactions in geriatric nursing home residents Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 4 36-41

[7] Takahashi PY(2012)Medication-related falls in the elderly: causative factors and preventive strategies Drugs Aging 29 359-76

[8] Hoel RW(2012)Polypharmacy as a risk for fall occurrence in geriatric outpatients Geriatr Gerontol Int 12 425-30

[9] McLean AJ(2007)A drug burden index to define the functional burden of medications in older people Arch Intern Med 167 781-7

[10] Le Couteur DG(2014)Antihypertensive medications and serious fall injuries in a nationally representative sample of older adults JAMA Intern Med 174 588-95

[1] Fortinsky RH(2014)Risk factors for hospitalization in a national sample of medicare home health care patients J Appl Gerontol 33 474-93

[2] Madigan EA(2012)American Geriatrics Society updated Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults J Am Geriatr Soc 60 616-31

[3] Sheehan TJ(2004)Inappropriate medications for elderly patients Mayo Clin Proc 79 122-39

[4] Tullai-McGuinness S(2004)Aging biology and geriatric clinical pharmacology Pharmacol Rev 56 163-84

[5] Kleppinger A(2010)Age-related pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes and related risk of adverse drug reactions Curr Med Chem 17 571-84

[6] Chutka DS(2006)Polypharmacy as a risk factor for adverse drug reactions in geriatric nursing home residents Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 4 36-41

[7] Takahashi PY(2012)Medication-related falls in the elderly: causative factors and preventive strategies Drugs Aging 29 359-76

[8] Hoel RW(2012)Polypharmacy as a risk for fall occurrence in geriatric outpatients Geriatr Gerontol Int 12 425-30

[9] McLean AJ(2007)A drug burden index to define the functional burden of medications in older people Arch Intern Med 167 781-7

[10] Le Couteur DG(2014)Antihypertensive medications and serious fall injuries in a nationally representative sample of older adults JAMA Intern Med 174 588-95