Medications for the elderly.
Medications were checked by a trained nurse during the course of her duties in a controlled study of 150 elderly people with cerebrovascular disease. The cost of medications was marginally reduced in a group of people receiving the additional supervision, while it rose by 12.0% in a control group. In the group visited by the nurse, containers were labelled correctly for significantly more people than was the case with the control group.
D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004349:Drug Packaging; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged