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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34958| Title: | Drugs and the elderly - prescribing in a chronic care institution |
| Authors: | Fiorini, Anthony |
| Keywords: | Older people -- Drugs -- Prescribing St. Vincent De Paul Residence (Luqa, Malta) Drug utilization -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1991-03 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy |
| Citation: | Fiorini, A. (1991). Drugs and the elderly - prescribing in a chronic care institution. Proceedings of the First Symposium on Drugs in the Elderly in Malta held in March 1991, Malta. 144-152. |
| Abstract: | Polypharmacy, and the repeated prescribing of unnecessary or no longer required drugs, are well described problems in the clinical management of elderly people, both in community and institutional settings. This study was performed in order to obtain details about the prescribing habits at St Vincent de Paule Residence (S.V.P.R.), and by analysing the results and comparing these to articles published abroad, see whether such habits were satisfactory, and if not, whether the problems found were unique and could be improved or resolved. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/34958 |
| Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the First Symposium on Drugs in the Elderly in Malta held in March 1991 |
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