Age- and gender-related use of low-dose drug therapy: the need to manufacture low-dose therapy and evaluate the minimum effective dose.
Authors
Rochon, Paula A.Anderson, Geoffrey M.
Tu, Jack V.
Gurwitz, Jerry H.
Clark, Jocalyn P.
Shear, Neil H.
Lau, Paula
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric MedicineMeyers Primary Care Institute
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
1999-08-01Keywords
Adrenergic beta-AntagonistsAge Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atenolol
Chlorthalidone
Confidence Intervals
Databases as Topic
Diuretics
Drug Compounding
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Humans
Hydrochlorothiazide
Logistic Models
Male
Metolazone
Metoprolol
Myocardial Infarction
Odds Ratio
Ontario
Propranolol
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors
Timolol
Health Services Research
Medicine and Health Sciences