Abstract
Background The elderly are largely affected by one or more chronic diseases; they often receive medications, thus being widely exposed to the possibility of adverse drug reactions. Adverse drug reactions could be curtailed by lowering inappropriate prescription; the international community uses the Beers Criteria to identify those potentially harmful drugs, whose prescription should therefore be avoided. The present assessment, which represents the first phase of a project aimed to reduce the phenomenon of inappropriate prescribing, quantifies the prescription of …
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