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Mark H. Beers
Researcher at Merck & Co.
Publications - 20
Citations - 3465
Mark H. Beers is an academic researcher from Merck & Co.. The author has contributed to research in topics: Beers Criteria & Pharmacy. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 20 publications receiving 3352 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark H. Beers include University of the Sciences & Pennsylvania State University.
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Updating the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: results of a US consensus panel of experts.
Donna M. Fick,James W. Cooper,William E. Wade,Jennifer L. Waller,J. Ross Maclean,Mark H. Beers +5 more
TL;DR: The application of the Beers criteria and other tools for identifying potentially inappropriate medication use will continue to enable providers to plan interventions for decreasing both drug-related costs and overall costs and thus minimize drug- related problems.
Book
The Merck Manual of Medical Information
TL;DR: The new edition of THE MERCK MANUAL contains 35 new chapters on subjects ranging from Gene Therapy and the warning signs of cancer to biological warfare and terrorism and with 64 new illustrations and colour plates along with new tables on emerging drugs, the only home reference guide all health conscious readers will need.
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Health outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults.
TL;DR: Preventing PIM use may be important for decreasing medication-related problems, which are increasingly being recognized as requiring an integrated interdisciplinary approach.
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Discontinuing medications: A novel approach for revising the prescribing stage of the medication-use process
Kevin T. Bain,Holly M. Holmes,Mark H. Beers,Mark H. Beers,Vittorio Maio,Steven M. Handler,Stephen G. Pauker +6 more
TL;DR: A conceptual framework for revising the prescribing stage of the medication‐use process to include discontinuing medications is proposed, which has substantial practice and research implications, especially for the clinical care of older persons, who are particularly susceptible to the adverse effects of medications.
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Trends in the prescription of inappropriate drugs for the elderly between 1995 and 1999
Bruce Stuart,Sachin Kamal-Bahl,Becky A. Briesacher,Euni Lee,Jalpa A. Doshi,Ilene H. Zuckerman,Ilene Verovsky,Mark H. Beers,Gary Erwin,Nancy Friedley +9 more
TL;DR: There was a significant decline in the use of potentially inappropriate drugs by elderly patients between 1995 and 1999, particularly in theUse of those drugs linked to the most severe outcomes, underscoring the continued need for effective prescribing for this vulnerable population.