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The prevalence and risk factors for prescribing and using potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) has been extensively researched in Western Europe and the United States of America; however, research in Central… Click to show full abstract
The prevalence and risk factors for prescribing and using potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) has been extensively researched in Western Europe and the United States of America; however, research in Central and Eastern Europe remains highly limited. According to a recent systematic review, the overall estimated weighted prevalence of PIM prescribing in community‐dwelling elderly in Europe (expressed as a percentage of patients or prescriptions with ≥1 PIM) was 22·6% (95% CI: 19·5%–26·7%). The main objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of use of PIMs among the elderly in Lithuania according to different sets of published explicit criteria and compare the results with similar research carried out in other European countries.
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Year Published: 2017
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