Correlation between medication use and falls among hospitalized elderly patients(over 65 years old)

• In: Hospital Pharmacy Section - Posters
• At: Beijing (China) (2007)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-006
• By: LEE, Ming-Chia (Buddhist Tzu Chi XindianGeneral Hospital, Taipei, China Taiwan)
• Abstract:

  Purpose: To elucidate the correlation of medication use and falls among hospitalized elderly patients over the age of 65 Methods: This is a retrospective and controlled case study. Patient data were collected from the incident-report system and medical records. Patient age is 65 years or older. For each fall, a control patient was matched for

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