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Any versus long-term prescribing of high risk medications in older people using 2012 Beers Criteria: results from three cross-sectional samples of primary care records for 2003/4, 2007/8 and 2011/12.

Ble, A; Masoli, JAH; Barry, HE; Winder, RE; Tavakoly, B; Henley, WE; Kuchel, GA; Valderas, JM; Melzer, D; Richards, SH (2015-11-05)

BACKGROUND: High risk medications are commonly prescribed to older US patients. Currently, less is known about high risk medication prescribing in other Western Countries, including the UK. We measured trends and correlates ...

Much more medicine for the oldest old: trends in UK electronic clinical records.

Melzer, D; Tavakoly, B; Winder, RE; Masoli, JAH; Henley, WE; Ble, A; Richards, SH (2015-01)

BACKGROUND: the oldest old (85+) pose complex medical challenges. Both underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis are claimed in this group. OBJECTIVE: to estimate diagnosis, prescribing and hospital admission prevalence from 2003/4 ...