Prescribing for older people
| Autor: | Vidhya Nair, Abigail Flinders |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | Nursing Older People. 21:27-27 |
| ISSN: | 2047-8941 1472-0795 |
| Popis: | Approach must be co-ordinated Prescribing by nurses rose by 50 per cent in 2007 ( Information Centre 2008 ). In the UK, those aged over 60 receive 60 per cent of dispensed prescriptions and account for more than half of NHS drug costs ( Information Centre 2008, Milton et al 2008 ). Polypharmacy is common in older people with almost one fifth of those over 70 taking five or more drugs ( Milton et al 2008 ) and care home residents taking an average of eight medications ( Bowker et al 2006 ). Polypharmacy increases the risk of adverse drug reactions, interactions, falls, hospital admissions and readmissions ( Campbell et al 2004, Milton et al 2008 ). This increases the financial burden on the NHS. Inappropriate prescribing in the older population is a major public health issue. |
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