Does incorporating medications in the surveyors' interpretive guidelines reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications in nursing homes?

Kate L. Lapane; Carmel M Hughes; Brian J. Quilliam

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Does incorporating medications in the surveyors' interpretive guidelines reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications in nursing homes?

September 14, 2011

Lapane KL, Hughes CM, Quilliam BJ. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55(5).

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The authors determined that evaluation guidelines for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services surveyors were ineffective in minimizing the use of inappropriate medications in nursing homes.

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