A list, criteria, or screening tool designed to improve PATIENT SAFETY by determining an individual's exposure to potentially inappropriate drugs. They are designed to prevent MEDICATION ERRORS by INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING. Analysis for a list includes factors such as DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; AGE FACTORS; GENDER; and existing medical conditions.

Descriptor ID	D000067561
MeSH Number(s)	N04.761.700.615 N05.700.594
Concept/Terms	Potentially Inappropriate Medication List Potentially Inappropriate Medication List PIM List PIM Lists Potentially Inappropriate Medications Inappropriate Medication, Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Potentially Medication, Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Potentially Inappropriate Potentially Inappropriate Medication Beers Criteria Beers Criteria Beers Potentially Inappropriate Medications de Beers Criteria Beers Criteria, de STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions) STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions) STOPPs (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions) Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions STOPP STOPP START Criteria Criteria, STOPP START Criterias, STOPP START START Criteria, STOPP START Criterias, STOPP STOPP START Criterias Medication Appropriateness Index Medication Appropriateness Index Appropriateness Index, Medication Appropriateness Indices, Medication Index, Medication Appropriateness Indices, Medication Appropriateness Medication Appropriateness Indices

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