title: Improving medicine selection for older people - do we need an Australian classification for inappropriate medicines use?
abstract: General practitioners manage complex medicine regimens and multiple comorbidities in older people. While medicine use usually leads to benefits for older people, the process of prescribing medicines is becoming increasingly complex.  The quality use of medicines (QUM) is one of the four central objectives of Australia's National Medicines Policy. The National Strategy for the Quality Use of Medicines, launched in 2002, outlines key approaches and principles to achieve QUM.
authors.affiliation: Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, Sansom Institute, University of South Australia. simon.bell@unisa.edu.au
authors.forename: J Simon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Le Couteur
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: McLachlan
authors.forename: Timothy F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Rebekah J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Moles
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Basger
authors.forename: Sarah N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Hilmer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care