Quality Indicators for Appropriate Medication Use in Vulnerable Elders
Authors: Eric L. Knight
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2001)

Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders16 October 2001Quality Indicators for Appropriate Medication Use in Vulnerable EldersEric L. Knight, MD, MPH and Jerry Avorn, MDEric L. Knight, MD, MPHFrom Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. and Jerry Avorn, MDFrom Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-135-8_Part_2-200110161-00009 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Medications are a centrally important aspect of the care of elderly patients, especially vulnerable elders, and are the final common pathway for most therapeutic decisions. While they make up only 14% of the U.S. population, persons 65 years of age and older consume more than 30% of all prescription drugs (1). 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[PMID: 9915733] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.Grant Support: By a contract from Pfizer Inc. to RAND.Corresponding Author: Jerry Avorn, MD, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.Current Author Addresses: Dr. Knight: Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.Dr. Avorn: Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. 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