Potentially inappropriate prescribing and cost outcomes for older people: a cross-sectional study using the Northern Ireland Enhanced Prescribing Database

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

[3] Spinewine A(2009)Medication errors in elderly people: contributing factors and future perspectives Br J Clin Pharmacol 67 641-645

[4] Schmader KE(1997)Defining inappropriate practices in prescribing for elderly people: a national consensus panel Can Med Assoc J 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(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

[7] Lapane KL(1994)A summated score for the medication appropriateness index: development and assessment of clinimetric properties including content validity J Clin Epidemiol 4 891-896

[8] Swine 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

[9] Hanlon JT(1997)explicit criteria for determining potentially inappropriate medication use by the elderly an update Arch Intern Med 157 1531-1536

[10] Fialova D(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

[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(2009)Medication errors in elderly people: contributing factors and future perspectives Br J Clin Pharmacol 67 641-645

[4] Schmader KE(1997)Defining inappropriate practices in prescribing for elderly people: a national consensus panel Can Med Assoc J 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(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

[7] Lapane KL(1994)A summated score for the medication appropriateness index: development and assessment of clinimetric properties including content validity J Clin Epidemiol 4 891-896

[8] Swine 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

[9] Hanlon JT(1997)explicit criteria for determining potentially inappropriate medication use by the elderly an update Arch Intern Med 157 1531-1536

[10] Fialova D(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