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Comparative Study
. 1987 Jan;16(1):25-8.
doi: 10.1093/ageing/16.1.25.

Prescribing patterns observed in registered nursing homes and long-stay geriatric wards

W R Primrose, A E Capewell, G K Simpson, R G Smith
Comparative Study

Prescribing patterns observed in registered nursing homes and long-stay geriatric wards

W R Primrose et al. Age Ageing. 1987 Jan.

Abstract

Details of medication prescribed to 400 elderly patients in 18 registered nursing homes and 233 patients in 11 long-stay geriatric wards were obtained. Excluding laxatives, there was a mean of 2.15 medications prescribed for the long-stay patients, compared to 2.62 items for the nursing-home population. There was apparent over-prescribing of certain drugs within the nursing-home population.

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