1.
Pharmacotherapy
; 20(2): 221-8, 2000 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10678301
ABSTRACT
We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective review of 1996 Kentucky Medicaid Pharmacy claims data to examine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate drug use in 64,832 Medicaid recipients aged 65 years and older who received a prescription. Twenty-seven percent of patients received at least one potentially inappropriate agent. Prevalence was higher for nursing home residents (33%) than for community dwellers (24%). Amitriptyline (7.6%), propoxyphene (6.5%), doxepin (4.0%), and indomethacin (2.3%) were the most prescribed potentially inappropriate agents. Education programs and interventions aimed at optimizing the prescribing and dispensing of the most appropriate drugs are needed.
Subject(s)
Databases, Factual , Drug Prescriptions/statistics & numerical data , Medicaid/statistics & numerical data , Medication Errors/statistics & numerical data , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Cross-Sectional Studies , Drug Prescriptions/standards , Female , Humans , Kentucky , Male , Nursing Homes , Retrospective Studies , Risk Factors , United States
2.
Am J Health Syst Pharm
; 56(13): 1334-8, 1999 Jul 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10683132