Inappropriate prescribing in the hospitalized elderly patient: Defining the problem, evaluation tools, and possible solutions

Robert L Page II1 Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Physical Medicine, Clinical Specialist, Division of Cardiology and Heart TransplantationCorrespondence[email protected]

Sunny A Linnebur2 Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Clinical Specialist, Center on the Aging, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine

Lucinda L Bryant3 Assistant Professor of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA

J Mark Ruscin4 Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy, Edwardsville, IL, USA

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Table 1 2002 Beers’ criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use with a high severity rating in older adults: Independent of diagnosis or condition^Citation36

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Table 2 2002 Beers’ Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use with a high severity rating in older adults: Considering diagnosis and condition. Modified from Reference ^Citation36

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Table 3 The improving prescribing in the elderly tool (IPET). Modified with permission from Naugler and colleagues ^Citation41

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Table 4 STOPP: screening tool of older persons’ potentially inappropriate prescriptionsTable Footnotea,^{Citation43,Citation44}

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Inappropriate prescribing in the hospitalized elderly patient: Defining the problem, evaluation tools, and possible solutions

Table 1 2002 Beers’ criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use with a high severity rating in older adults: Independent of diagnosis or condition^Citation36

Table 2 2002 Beers’ Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use with a high severity rating in older adults: Considering diagnosis and condition. Modified from Reference ^Citation36

Table 3 The improving prescribing in the elderly tool (IPET). Modified with permission from Naugler and colleagues ^Citation41

Table 4 STOPP: screening tool of older persons’ potentially inappropriate prescriptionsTable Footnotea,^{Citation43,Citation44}

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Inappropriate prescribing in the hospitalized elderly patient: Defining the problem, evaluation tools, and possible solutions

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Table 1 2002 Beers’ criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use with a high severity rating in older adults: Independent of diagnosis or conditionCitation36

Table 2 2002 Beers’ Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use with a high severity rating in older adults: Considering diagnosis and condition. Modified from Reference Citation36

Table 3 The improving prescribing in the elderly tool (IPET). Modified with permission from Naugler and colleagues Citation41

Table 4 STOPP: screening tool of older persons’ potentially inappropriate prescriptionsTable Footnotea,Citation43,Citation44

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Table 1 2002 Beers’ criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use with a high severity rating in older adults: Independent of diagnosis or condition^Citation36

Table 2 2002 Beers’ Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use with a high severity rating in older adults: Considering diagnosis and condition. Modified from Reference ^Citation36

Table 3 The improving prescribing in the elderly tool (IPET). Modified with permission from Naugler and colleagues ^Citation41

Table 4 STOPP: screening tool of older persons’ potentially inappropriate prescriptionsTable Footnotea,^{Citation43,Citation44}