: Older adults are often affected by multiple chronic conditions and experience geriatric syndromes that may affect the risk/benefit profile of medications. Little is known about the use of such medications in the older population. This article describes medication use and costs in Italian adults aged ≥90 years. Data from the 2019 Pharmaceutical Prescriptions database, concerning data on medications reimbursed by the Italian National Health Service, were analyzed in terms of prevalence and amount of use expressed as defined daily dose/1,000 users (DDD/1,000 users/day), accounting for different age-groups and sex. All individuals aged ≥90 years used at least one medication, with a mean number of 3128 DDD/1,000 users/day corresponding to an a...
Nicola Allegri,1 Federica Rossi,2 Federica Del Signore,2 Paolo Bertazzoni,3 Roberto Bellazzi,4 Giorg...
Background: pharmacological treatment of hospitalized older patients represents a challenge for pres...
Inappropriate consumption and over-prescription of antibiotics have been extensively reported. Our a...
Older adults are often affected by multiple chronic conditions and experience geriatric syndromes th...
In Italy, prescription drug costs represent approximately 17% of total public health expenditures. O...
Background: In older adults co-occurrence of multiple diseases often leads to use of multiple medica...
Purpose: To investigate the changes in the last decade (2000-2010) in drug prescribing among communi...
Background.Poor quality of drug prescribing in older persons is often associated with increased drug...
Objective: To investigate the prescribing patterns and the prevalence of polypharmacy in community-d...
Aging is a strong risk factor for many chronic diseases. However, the impact of an aging population ...
The quality of medication prescribing and use in older persons has been a recurring issue of substan...
The treatment of diabetes in the elderly is a major challenge both in terms of clinical management a...
The demographic of individuals aged 65 and above represents one of the fastest-growing populations g...
Nicola Allegri,1 Federica Rossi,2 Federica Del Signore,2 Paolo Bertazzoni,3 Roberto Bellazzi,4 Giorg...
Background: pharmacological treatment of hospitalized older patients represents a challenge for pres...
Inappropriate consumption and over-prescription of antibiotics have been extensively reported. Our a...
Older adults are often affected by multiple chronic conditions and experience geriatric syndromes th...
In Italy, prescription drug costs represent approximately 17% of total public health expenditures. O...
Background: In older adults co-occurrence of multiple diseases often leads to use of multiple medica...
Purpose: To investigate the changes in the last decade (2000-2010) in drug prescribing among communi...
Background.Poor quality of drug prescribing in older persons is often associated with increased drug...
Objective: To investigate the prescribing patterns and the prevalence of polypharmacy in community-d...
Aging is a strong risk factor for many chronic diseases. However, the impact of an aging population ...
The quality of medication prescribing and use in older persons has been a recurring issue of substan...
The treatment of diabetes in the elderly is a major challenge both in terms of clinical management a...
The demographic of individuals aged 65 and above represents one of the fastest-growing populations g...
Nicola Allegri,1 Federica Rossi,2 Federica Del Signore,2 Paolo Bertazzoni,3 Roberto Bellazzi,4 Giorg...
Background: pharmacological treatment of hospitalized older patients represents a challenge for pres...
Inappropriate consumption and over-prescription of antibiotics have been extensively reported. Our a...