Some older ER patients are getting the wrong medicines

March 14th, 2010 by Newspublichealth.com

It is common for patients 65 and older to receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in an emergency room. Nearly 19.5 million older patients, or 16.8 percent of eligible emergency visits from 2000-2006, received one or more of these medications.

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