title: A descriptive study of drug therapy and cost for elderly residents in a nursing home.
abstract: Drug therapy for 115 patients in Health Board contracted beds in a long-stay institution for the elderly were studied. The results were analysed for frequency, type and cost of medicines. 96.5% of patients received a total of 473 routine medicines, an average of 4.1 medicines per patient, females received a higher number of medicines than males. The average cost per person per day was 67.6p for all medicines. The most frequently prescribed medicines were for therapeutic groups CNS (32.3%) CVS (17.8%) and GIS (14.2%).
authors.affiliation: Medical Centre, Mallow, Co. Cork.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Grady
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weedle
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016527:Drug Costs; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012744:Sex Ratio