Updating the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: Results of a US consensus panel of experts
Fick DM, Cooper JW, Wade WE, Waller JL, Maclean JR, Beers MH. Updating the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: Results of a US consensus panel of experts. Archives of Internal Medicine. Dec 2003;163(22):2716-2724.
This article is the foundation for what nursing homes across the United States are using to define inappropriate prescribing. There is an increased risk for medical and safety consequences, most notably falls, in the elderly population as a result of inappropriate prescribing.
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