Table 2 Types of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM)
Analyzed sample of medications | ||
|---|---|---|
1111 medications prescribed to the ambulatory elderly | 752 medications recommended to the institutionalized elderly | |
Total number of PIM in each sample of medications | ||
159 | 140 | |
Subtype – PIM | ||
Misprescribed – PIM (% of total number of PIM) | 60 (37.73 %) | 87 (62.14 %) |
Underprescribed - PIM (% of total number of PIM) | 88 (55.34 %) | 15 (10.71 %) |
Overprescribed - PIM (% of total number of PIM) | 11 (6.92 %) | 38 (27.14 %) |