Polypharmacy in the Elderly: A Multicenter Study


Kutsal Y. G., Barak A., Atalay A., BAYDAR T., Kucukoglu S., TUNCER T., ...More

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, vol.10, no.7, pp.486-490, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.03.018
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.486-490
  • Keywords: Drugs, elderly, polypharmacy, socio-economic status, DRUG-USE, OLDER-PEOPLE
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the polypharmacy issue and its correlations with socio-economic variables in Turkish elderly patients.