Trends in Prevalence and Determinants of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in the United States: 2007 to 2012.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the prevalence and determinants of the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older U.S. adults using the 2012 Beers criteria.

Design

Retrospective cohort study in a random national sample of Medicare beneficiaries.

Setting

Fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries from 2007 to 2012.

Participants

U.S. population aged 65 and older with Parts A, B, and D enrollment in at least 1 month during a calendar year (N = 38,250 individuals; 1,308,116 observations).

Measurements

The 2012 Beers criteria were used to estimate the prevalence of the use of PIMs in each calendar month and over a 12-month period using data on diagnoses or conditions present in the previous 12 months. Generalized estimating equations were used to account

SUBMITTER: Jiron M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4843827 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature