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dc.contributor.authorSimon, Steven R.
dc.contributor.authorGurwitz, Jerry H.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:09:22.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T16:28:03Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T16:28:03Z
dc.date.issued2003-05-07
dc.date.submitted2011-12-09
dc.identifier.citationClin Pharmacol Ther. 2003 May;73(5):387-93.
dc.identifier.issn0009-9236 (Linking)
dc.identifier.pmid12732838
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/36929
dc.description.abstractAs older adults represent an increasingly large proportion of the population, much attention has been focused on issues surrounding medication prescribing and utilization in the elderly. Whereas medication safety remains the paramount concern, access to essential drug therapies continues to elude increasing numbers of elderly persons. This article describes the challenges of improving the quality of medication prescribing for older persons and ensuring adequate access to medications in this growing population.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=12732838&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-9236(03)00011-0
dc.subject*Aged
dc.subjectClinical Trials as Topic
dc.subjectDrug Prescriptions
dc.subjectDrug Therapy
dc.subjectDrug Utilization
dc.subjectHealth Education
dc.subject*Health Services Accessibility
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectPatient Compliance
dc.subjectPharmaceutical Preparations
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectPrimary Care
dc.titleDrug therapy in the elderly: improving quality and access
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleClinical pharmacology and therapeutics
dc.source.volume73
dc.source.issue5
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/meyers_pp/310
dc.identifier.contextkey2396671
html.description.abstract<p>As older adults represent an increasingly large proportion of the population, much attention has been focused on issues surrounding medication prescribing and utilization in the elderly. Whereas medication safety remains the paramount concern, access to essential drug therapies continues to elude increasing numbers of elderly persons. This article describes the challenges of improving the quality of medication prescribing for older persons and ensuring adequate access to medications in this growing population.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathmeyers_pp/310
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine
dc.contributor.departmentMeyers Primary Care Institute
dc.source.pages387-93


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