Primrose W R, Capewell A E, Simpson G K, Smith R G
Age Ageing. 1987 Jan;16(1):25-8. doi: 10.1093/ageing/16.1.25.
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.
获取了18家注册养老院中400名老年患者以及11家长期老年病房中233名患者所开药物的详细信息。排除泻药后,长期住院患者平均开具2.15种药物,而养老院人群为2.62种。养老院人群中某些药物明显存在过度开药的情况。