Quality of care for elderly residents in nursing homes and elderly people living at home: controlled observational study

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What is already known on this topic What is already known on this topic Doctors too often prescribe harmful drugs and too seldom prescribe beneficial drugs for elderly people The quality of medical care for those living in nursing and residential homes has also been questioned What this study adds What this study adds Elderly people in one UK city receive inadequate care when judged against explicit quality indicators Those living in nursing homes receive poorer care than those living at home in terms of underuse of beneficial drugs, poor monitoring of chronic disease, and overuse of inappropriate or unnecessary drugs What is already known on this topic What is already known on this topic Doctors too often prescribe harmful drugs and too seldom prescribe beneficial drugs for elderly people The quality of medical care for those living in nursing and residential homes has also been questioned What this study adds What this study adds Elderly people in one UK city receive inadequate care when judged against explicit quality indicators Those living in nursing homes receive poorer care than those living at home in terms of underuse of beneficial drugs, poor monitoring of chronic disease, and overuse of inappropriate or unnecessary drugs