Potentially inappropriate prescribing among older people in the United Kingdom

[1] O’Mahony D(2008)Inappropriate prescribing in the older population: need for new criteria Age Ageing 37 138-141

[2] Gallagher PF(2007)Appropriate prescribing in elderly people: how well can it be measured and optimised? Lancet 370 173-184

[3] Spinewine A(2003)Updating the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: results of a US consensus panel of experts Arch Intern Med 163 2716-2724

[4] Schmader KE(1997)Defining inappropriate practices in prescribing for elderly people: a national consensus panel CMAJ 156 385-391

[5] Barber N(2000)Development and validation of an improving prescribing in the elderly tool Can J Clin Pharmacol 7 103-107

[6] Hughes C(2005)Inappropriate drug prescribing in older adults: the updated 2002 Beers criteria–a population-based cohort study Br J Clin Pharmacol 60 137-144

[7] Lapane KL(1997)Explicit criteria for determining potentially inappropriate medication use by the elderly. An update Arch Intern Med 157 1531-1536

[8] Swine C(2008)STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person’s Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment). Consensus validation Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 46 72-83

[9] Hanlon JT(2009)Inter-rater reliability of STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment) criteria amongst physicians in six European countries Age Ageing 38 603-606

[10] Fick DM(2005)The association of inappropriate drug use with hospitalisation and mortality: a population-based study of the very old Drugs Aging 22 69-82

[1] O’Mahony D(2008)Inappropriate prescribing in the older population: need for new criteria Age Ageing 37 138-141

[2] Gallagher PF(2007)Appropriate prescribing in elderly people: how well can it be measured and optimised? Lancet 370 173-184

[3] Spinewine A(2003)Updating the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: results of a US consensus panel of experts Arch Intern Med 163 2716-2724

[4] Schmader KE(1997)Defining inappropriate practices in prescribing for elderly people: a national consensus panel CMAJ 156 385-391

[5] Barber N(2000)Development and validation of an improving prescribing in the elderly tool Can J Clin Pharmacol 7 103-107

[6] Hughes C(2005)Inappropriate drug prescribing in older adults: the updated 2002 Beers criteria–a population-based cohort study Br J Clin Pharmacol 60 137-144

[7] Lapane KL(1997)Explicit criteria for determining potentially inappropriate medication use by the elderly. An update Arch Intern Med 157 1531-1536

[8] Swine C(2008)STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person’s Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment). Consensus validation Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 46 72-83

[9] Hanlon JT(2009)Inter-rater reliability of STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment) criteria amongst physicians in six European countries Age Ageing 38 603-606

[10] Fick DM(2005)The association of inappropriate drug use with hospitalisation and mortality: a population-based study of the very old Drugs Aging 22 69-82