ArticleBMJ open2015
Application of three different sets of explicit criteria for assessing inappropriate prescribing in older patients: a nationwide prevalence study of ambulatory care visits in Taiwan.
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- Screening criteria of potentially inappropriate medications and associations of exposure timing with incident hospital admissions among older adults in a rural community hospital.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Using PIM-Taiwan, PRISCUS, and Beers criteria to assess potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults with 90-day rehospitalization: a population-based study in Taiwan.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
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- Geriatric emergency department revisits after discharge with Potentially Inappropriate Medications: A retrospective cohort study.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Appropriateness of Medication Prescribing in Hospitalized Older Adults in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in the Philippines: A Cross-Sectional Study.Drugs - real world outcomes · 2020Article
- Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications in older adults in Argentina using Beers criteria and the IFAsPIAM List.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2019Observational
- Potentially inappropriate prescribing to older adults in ambulatory care: prevalence and associated patient conditions.European geriatric medicine · 2019Article
- The updated PIM-Taiwan criteria: a list of potentially inappropriate medications in older people.Therapeutic advances in chronic disease · 2019Article
- The application of updating PIM-Taiwan criteria in clinic-visiting older patients with polypharmacy.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2018Article
- Inappropriate Prescribing in Elderly Inpatients at a University Hospital in Saudi Arabia.Drugs - real world outcomes · 2018Article
- The associations of geriatric syndromes and other patient characteristics with the current and future use of potentially inappropriate medications in a large cohort study.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2018Article
- Potentially inappropriate medications in community-dwelling older adults undertaken as a comprehensive geriatric risk assessment.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2018Article
- Assessment of prescribing potentially inappropriate medications listed in Beers criteria and its association with the unplanned hospitalization: a cross-sectional study in Lahore, Pakistan.Clinical interventions in aging · 2018Observational
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the national prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) prescribed in ambulatory care clinics in Taiwan according to three different sets of regional criteria and the correlates of PIM use.
designCross-sectional study.
settingThis analysis included older patients who visited ambulatory care clinics in 2009 and represented half of the older population included on the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database.
participantsWe identified 1,164,701 subjects who visited ambulatory care clinics and were over 65 years old in 2009. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: PIM prevalence according to the 2012 Beers criteria, the PIM-Taiwan criteria and the PRISCUS criteria was estimated separately, and characteristics of PIM users were explored. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine patient factors associated with the use of at least one PIM. Leading PIMs for each set of criteria were also listed.
resultsThe prevalence of having at least one PIM at the patient level was highest with the Beers criteria (86.2%), followed by the PIM-Taiwan criteria (73.3%) and the PRISCUS criteria (66.9%). Polypharmacy and younger age were associated with PIM use for all three sets of criteria. The leading PIMs detected by the PIM-Taiwan and PRISCUS criteria were all included in the 2012 Beers criteria. Non-COX-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the Beers criteria and benzodiazepines in the PIM-Taiwan and PRISCUS criteria accounted for most leading PIMs.
conclusionsThe prevalence of PIMs was high among older Taiwanese patients receiving ambulatory care visits. The prevalence of PIM and its associated factors varied according to three sets of criteria at the population level.
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