Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions in Ambulatory Elderly Patients Living in Rural Areas of Romania Using STOPP/START (Version 2) Criteria.

Valentina BudaAndreea PrelipceanMinodora AndorLiana DeheleanOlivia DalleurSimona BudaLavinia SpatarMaria Cristiana MabdaMaria SuciuCorina DanciuAnca TudorLucian PetrescuCarmen Cristescu

Published in: Clinical interventions in aging (2020)

PPOs were more prevalent than PIMs for elderly populations living in the two rural counties in Romania we studied. Health practitioners (family physicians, specialists, and pharmacists) should focus on prophylactic and curative considerations when prescribing agents to decrease the morbidity and mortality of elderly rural Romanian patients.

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primary care
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middle aged
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emergency department
risk assessment
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