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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/35025| Title: | Rational drug use in the hospitalised elderly |
| Authors: | Harron, Dean Buhagiar, C. |
| Keywords: | Older people -- Medical care Geriatric pharmacology Drug utilization -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1991-03 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy |
| Citation: | Harron, D. W. G., & Buhagiar, C. (1991). Rational drug use in the hospitalised elderly. Proceedings of the First Symposium on Drugs in the Elderly in Malta held in March 1991, Malta. 166-167. |
| Abstract: | The study was carried out in a 200 bed geriatric hospital. Three groups of patients were studied: a. Respite care b. Acute medical admissions c. Long term geriatric patients The study assessed prescribing habits within these groups by means of a Therapeutic Audit of patient medication charts (Kardex). The omission of medication doses in the various patient groups using three drug administration systems, Bulk Dose Dispensing (BDD), Individual Dose Dispensing (IDD), and Unit Dose dispensing (UDD) was also studied. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/35025 |
| Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the First Symposium on Drugs in the Elderly in Malta held in March 1991 |
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