Jennifer Ly, Pharm.D., is Clinical Pharmacist, San Gabriel Medical Center, San Gabriel, CA; at the time of this study she was Geriatric Pharmacy Resident, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS), Los Angeles, CA. Lydia Percy, Pharm.D., is Clinical Pharmacist, Geriatrics, VAGLAHS, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco; University of Southern California, Los Angeles; University of the Pacific, Stockton; and Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA. Shawkat Dhanani, M.D., M.P.H., is Chief of Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit, VAGLAHS, and Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
Address correspondence to Dr. Dhanani at GRECC (11-G), Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073 ([email protected]).
The assistance of Ellen Wong, Pharm.D., in obtaining institutional review board approval is acknowledged.
Presented in part at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 11, 2001.
