General practitioners' prescribing patterns of benzodiazepine hypnotics : are elderly patients at particular risk for overprescribing? A report from the Moere & Romsdal prescription study
Engelsk titel: General practitioners' prescribing patterns of benzodiazepine hypnotics : are elderly patients at particular risk for overprescribing? A report from the Moere & Romsdal prescription study
Författare:
Straand, Joerund
;
Rokstad, Kirsten
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 22
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 53949
Sammanfattning
The objective was to compare general practitioners' (GPs) prescribing patterns of benzodiazepine hypnotics with current recommendations. The setting was the Norwegian county Moere and Romsdal. GPs' prescribing patterns for benzodiazepine hypnotics are not in accordance with recommended dosage and duration of treatment; this pattern is most pronounced for elderly patients.